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SHELL RECYCLING IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Above: PDE Restoration Specialist Ken Williamson speaks to 6 ABC television in Philadelphia about the organization’s oyster shell recycling program that collects shell from restaurants in Wilmington and the City of Brotherly Love.
In April, PDE’s shell recycling program was a featured story on 6 ABC in Philadelphia. Reporter Matteo Iadonisi spoke to PDE Restoration Specialist Ken Williamson who regularly picks up recycled oyster shells from restaurants around Philadelphia and Wilmington who participate in the shell recycling program. Iadonisi also spoke with Fishtown Seafood Owner Bryan Szeliga, one of PDE’s partner restaurants in the recycling program, about the importance of getting the shells back to nature to reinforce shorelines and create habitat.
