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Please mind your trash!
Please recycle ONLY oyster, mussel, clam and scallop shells in the bins. Your shells will be returned to the water. Let's make sure trash does not go with them!
Pausing pick-up:
If your restaurant needs to pause pickup (closure, oysters off the menu temporarily, etc.), please email us at oysters@crcl.org or call Fiona at (216) 906-8957.
Once you are ready to resume pick-up, let us know!
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana is teaming up with the National Football
On December 6, volunteers bagged the
This event brings together oyster lovers for a night of live music, delicious food (including fresh oysters), door prizes and a silent auction!
To get involved, we invite our restaurant partners to consider donating a gift card for the auction, or food for the event. We will feature your restaurant on all relevant media related to the event! Email oysters@crcl.org for information.
State of the Coast Conference 2025
Hosted by CRCL, SOC is the largest statewide conference of its kind, providing an interdisciplinary forum to exchange timely and relevant information on the dynamic conditions of Louisiana’s coastal communities, environment and economy.
May 20-22, 2025 Ernest N Morial Convention Center New Orleans, LA
Get Involved: Early registration is open! Register before February 28 to lock in a discounted rate.
Visit stateofthecoast.org for registration, sponsorship opportunities, and more Join us March 27 in the Cajun Ballroom at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. February 3 Leeville, LA
NEW RESTAURANTS
We are thrilled to welcome to the program:
Acamaya
Peewee’s Crabcakes
The Bell
The Elysian Bar at Hotel Peter and Paul
OfficialGuidance:
How to Receive a Tax Credit for Recycling
Oyster Shells
Here's what you need to know:
Your restaurant can receive a tax credit of $1 for every 50 pounds of shell (up to $2,000 annually) for all shell recycled since January 1, 2024.
Restaurants will be responsible for applying for the credit with their taxes each year.
The Oyster Shell Recycling Program will provide each participating restaurant with quarterly receipts detailing the weight of recycled oyster shell material. Be on the lookout for these receipts soon!
Restaurants will be required to submit the quarterly receipts provided by the OSRP with their tax credit application.
UPCOMING CRCL RESTORATION EVENTS
TAX CREDIT
We ask that you keep the quarterly receipts on file to submit with your tax credit application. All receipts will be from 2024: the timeframe of eligibility.
Copies of lost receipts will be available by request (email oysters@crcl.org).
January 11, 17, 24-25
Central Wetlands Reforestation CollectiveCypress Tree Planting @ Florida Ave. & Bartolo St., Meraux
January 17-18
Maurepas Swamp- Cypress Tree Planting @ 31450 Highway 51, Port Manchac (Akers)
February 7
Leeville Living Shoreline Build @ 24359 Old Hwy 1, Golden Meadow, Theogene B. Melancon Boat Launch
CRCL'S OYSTER SHELL RECYCLING PROGRAM - 2024
POUNDS OF SHELL COLLECTED VOLUNTEERS ENGAGED
1,866,825
1,447
SHELL COLLECTION RECORDS
NUMBERS
PARTNER OPPORTUNITIES
CHEFS ON BOATS
LOUISIANA
Pointe-au-Chien
Community Reefs
Barataria Bay
Living Shoreline
Biloxi Marsh
Living Shoreline
Grand Bayou
Community Reef
Plaquemines
Community Reef BILOXI MARSH POINTE-AU-CHIEN #1
Wanttoknowwhereyourrecycledshellsendup?
CRCL established the Oyster Shell Recycling Program (OSRP) in 2014 to keep shell out of landfills and slow coastal land loss.
In partnership with New Orleans and Baton Rouge area restaurants and our legion of volunteers, we collect oyster shells to restore reefs that help protect Louisiana’s eroding coastline.
Since starting the program, we have recycled more than 14 million pounds of shell and protected over 8,400 feet of shoreline along the coast.
Once you shuck ’em, don’t just chuck ’em!
BAY PLAQUEMINES POINTE-AU-CHIEN #2
GRAND BAYOU
Built in 2016
St. Bernard
1/2 mile
868 tons
Gabion baskets
Built in 2019
Lafourche / Terrebonne
400 feet
200 tons
Bagged shell
Built in 2020
Jefferson / Lafourche
3/4 mile
800 tons
Gabion baskets
Built in 2021-22
Plaquemines
300 feet
150 tons
Bagged shell
Built in 2022-23
Lafourche / Terrebonne
400 feet
200 tons
Bagged shell
Built in 2024
Plaquemines
400 feet
200 tons
Bagged shell
NEW ORLEANS AREA PUBLIC DROP-OFFS
y 4 - 5:30 p
THE GREEN PROJECT
2831 Marais St. New Orleans, LA 70117
Wednesday to Saturday: 11 a - 4:45 p
CRCL’S RESTORATION HQ
6207 E. St Bernard Hwy. Violet, LA 70092
Open 24/7!
GLASS HALF FULL
3935 Louisa St. New Orleans, LA 70126
Monday & Wednesday: 9 a – 5:30 p Saturday: 9 a – 4 p
NEXT TO EAT WHOLISTIC CULINARY MARKET
2132 Simon Bolivar Ave. New Orleans, LA 70113
Tuesday to Thursday & Saturday: 10 a - 5 p Friday: 10 a - 6 p
