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What Is Oyster Shell Recycling?

Ana Zangroniz, , Katie Heiden, Heather Donnelly, andAshley Smyth


Release Date: 8/26/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ss703-2021

Natural Resources

Abstract

This publication is intended to serve Natural Resources or Florida Sea Grant Extension agents, as well as local partners considering establishing a local oyster shell recycling program or local restaurants interested in learning more about oyster shell recycling, and shares lessons learned from starting a program in Miami-Dade County.

About this Publication

This document is SL490, one of a series of the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2021. Revised December 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Zangroniz, A., Azeem-Angel, M., Heiden, K., Donnelly, H., & Smyth, A. (2021). What is oyster shell recycling? EDIS, 2021(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ss703-2021

Authors

Ana Zangroniz
Ana Zangroniz
County agent
University of Florida

Florida Sea Grant Extension agent II, M.S., UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County, Miami, FL

Marian Azeem-Angel
Marian Azeem-Angel

former undergraduate student, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Katie Heiden
Katie Heiden
staff
University of Florida

biological scientist II, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

Heather Donnelly
Heather Donnelly
external
University of Florida

graduate research assistant, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

Ashley Smyth
Ashley Smyth
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, biogeochemistry, Ph.D., Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

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