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!
Starting September 1, Baton Rouge area restaurants became eligible to sign up for our commercial oyster shell recycling service We have since welcomed:
ACME Oyster House- Baton Rouge
Drago’s Seafood Restaurant- Baton Rouge
Jolie Pearl Oyster Bar
Mansurs on the Boulevard
Southern Pearl Oyster House
Special thanks to our recycling contractor, Coastal Environments, Incorporated, for making this possible!
We are still recruiting restaurant partners; please join us in spreading the word!
We are thrilled to announce our new promotional opportunity!
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In collaboration with Audubon GULF and Eat Local, the Louisiana Seafood Passport celebrates restaurants that serve and participate in the sustainable seafood industry. All OSRP partners are automatically included in the passport!
How it works:
1.Order seafood from at least five participating restaurants. 1.Submit receipts at laseafoodies.com to receive a free tote bag! Check out laseafoodies.com and @laseafoodies for more info!
We deployed 200 tons of recycled shells from our restaurant partners to construct a living shoreline throughout Grand Bayou Indian Village’s community.
Over five days, we worked with members of the tribe and 188 volunteers to make this project a success.
were honored to witness Grand Bayou Indian Village tribal leader Rosina Philippe sign papers with St Paul’s Episcopal Church to return sacred land to the tribe during the September reef build.
NEW RESTAURANTS
We are thrilled to welcome to the program:
Caesars New Orleans (Emeril’s, Nobu, The Steakhouse)
Drago’s Metairie location
Next to Eat Wholistic Culinary Market!
...and our FIVE new Baton Rouge restaurants! (highlighted under Announcements)
TAX CREDIT
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.
Throughout the year, the Oyster Shell Recycling Program will provide each participating restaurant with quarterly receipts detailing the weight of recycled oyster shell material.
Restaurants will be required to submit the quarterly receipts provided by the OSRP with their tax credit application.
We ask that you keep the quarterly receipts on file to submit with your tax credit application.
Copies of lost receipts will be available by request (email oysters@crcl.org).
This program is a unique and immersive educational experience to gain exposure to Louisiana and other Gulf Coast fisheries. Participants learn about a variety of impacts to the resources required to source our beloved seafood recipes and visit one of our recycled oyster shell reefs in Plaquemines Parish.
Visit chefsbrigade.org/chefs-on-boats for more information.
SPECIAL EVENTS & HAPPY HOUR
Weoffercomplimentary specialeventpick-upservices!
We hope to recycle as many shells from the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas as we can. Have an event coming up and want special event recycling services?
Oyster purveyors expecting an extra influx of shells to be recycled for a limited time are able to receive extra bins to account for the overflow, free of charge.
We want to promote it! Let us know about your happy hour specials and any other special events or promotions, and we will share them on our social media.
Email us at oysters@crcl.org for either inquiry.
Pointe-au-Chien
Community Reefs
Barataria Bay
Living Shoreline
Biloxi Marsh
Living Shoreline
Grand Bayou
Community Reef
Plaquemines
Community Reef
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 in 2014, 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!
MARSH POINTE-AU-CHIEN #1
Built in 2016
St. Bernard
1/2 mile
868 tons
Gabion baskets
Built in 2019
Lafourche / Terrebonne
400 feet
200 tons
Bagged shell
BAY PLAQUEMINES POINTE-AU-CHIEN #2
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
GRAND BAYOU
Built in 2024
Plaquemines
400 feet
200 tons
Bagged shell
BILOXI
BARATARIA
PUBLIC DROP-OFFS
AUDUBON
CLUBHOUSE CAFÉ
6500 Magazine St. New Orleans, LA 70118
Wednesday: 4 - 5:30 p.m.
THE GREEN PROJECT 2831 Marais St.
New Orleans, LA 70117
Wednesday to Saturday: 11 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
GLASS HALF FULL 3935 Louisa St. New Orleans, LA 70126
Monday & Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Saturday: 9 a m – 4 p m
