New shell recycling bin at the Urbanna Town Marina

May 24, 2023

Updated: May 24, 2023

Jen Sagan, oyster restoration specialist with Friends of the Rappahannock (FOR), stands by an oyster shell recycling box installed this month at the Urbanna Town Marina. The recycling box was built by students of the Northern Neck Technical Center Governor’s Academy for Agriculture and Maritime Studies in Warsaw. The box is sponsored by FOR and recycled shells are going to be replanted in Urbanna Creek and Rappahannock River to be used to create a cultch layer on the bottom for growing oysters. Anyone with oyster shells left over from an oyster roast or after shucking a mess can now bring them to the town marina. (Photo by Larry Chowning)

Friends of the Rappahannock donates

The Urbanna Town Marina is now the proud new home of an oyster shell recycling container provided and managed by Friends of the Rappahannock (FOR). This container was built and installed by the talented Northern Neck Technical Center carpentry students, led by carpentry teacher Mike Sisson. It serves as a community drop-off location for oyster shells only (no trash, other seafood scraps (etc., keep in mind that a bag carrying your shells counts as trash, just dump the shells directly into the bin).

All the oyster shells that you choose to recycle in this container will be used directly in FOR’s oyster restoration projects in Urbanna Creek.

If you have any questions about Friends of the Rappahannock, its oyster restoration work, or how to get involved, email Jen Sagan at jennifer.sagan@riverfriends.org.

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