Do you love to eat oysters? Do you love Florida's coastline? Lucky for you if you do! You can contribute to restoring Pinellas County coasts and enhancing our ecosystem by eating local. Bay Area restaurants are now participating in Pinellas County's new Oyster Shell Recycling Program by helping clean the water with less waste.

There is no reason for discarded oyster shells to be sent to a landfill when they can be recycled to create marine habitats that promote biodiversity, improve water quality and help protect shorelines from erosion. By partnering with local restaurants to recycle and repurpose oyster shells, the goal is to rehabilitate local oyster populations in and around Tampa Bay. Since the 1950s, more than 85 percent of the oyster communities in Tampa Bay have been lost due to dredging, harvesting and decline.

Learn more at at the link below!