September 28, 2026

reef habitat

New York City restaurants are saving 800 pounds of oyster shells from landfills every day and sending them to rebuild reefs, with 19 acres of reef habitat already restored

New York City restaurants are saving 800 pounds of oyster shells from landfills every day and sending them to rebuild reefs, with 19 acres of reef habitat already restored | World News

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New York City restaurants are giving discarded oyster shells a second life by keeping hundreds of pounds of them out of landfills every day and sending them to a project rebuilding oyster reefs across New York Harbor. The Billion Oyster Project collects more than 300,000 pounds of shells from participating restaurants each year, equivalent to…

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Florida dumped millions of tyres into the ocean to build a reef. More than 50 years later, it is still cleaning them up

Florida dumped millions of tyres into the ocean to build a reef. More than 50 years later, it is still cleaning them up | World News

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In the early 1970s, state officials and the US Army Corps of Engineers approved the dumping of vast numbers of used tyres into the Atlantic Ocean off Broward County, Florida. The idea was simple: create cheap, abundant artificial reef habitat to boost fish populations for anglers. Instead, the scheme left behind what is now known…

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