Saving the Oyster, and the Bay: Shell Recycling Program Replenishes Endangered Oyster Population

Image: fotologic via flickr Recycling, it turns out, is not reserved for inanimate objects. An increasingly popular Chesapeake Bay program is sending oyster shells collected from restaurants, which save the shells from customers’ meals, back into the bay, where they form homes for new oysters. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Saving the Oyster, and the Bay: Shell Recycling Program Replenishes Endangered Oyster Population

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