Milliken said his company for years sold crushed oyster shells to farm supply stores for sale to chicken farmers. “We crushed just a huge amount of them,’’ he said.

It's Chesapeake Oyster Week, so Allison Albert Guercio, with the Oyster Recovery Partnership, shares with 11 News what the shell-recycling program is and why it's important for the Chesapeake Bay.

Orange County Coastkeeper earlier in the week received a bounty of oyster shells, 724 pounds worth, from the recently resurrected DTLA Oyster Festival, brought back after a five-year hiatus.

So, after you slurp those oyster platters, don’t toss the shells. There are plenty of ways to support the environment while also enjoying a tasty Lowcountry meal.

WELLFLEET — Two 5-foot-tall piles of spent oyster shells sit in a corner of Wellfleet’s garbage and recycling center, baking in the hot summer sun. The approximately 25,000 pounds of bivalves ...