{"id":60600,"date":"2025-04-23T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=60600"},"modified":"2025-04-24T10:46:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:46:16","slug":"news-2025-04-23-enhance-oyster-reefs-by-recycling-your-shells-first-two-drop-off-locations-open-in-atlantic-city-and-ocean-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2025-04-23-enhance-oyster-reefs-by-recycling-your-shells-first-two-drop-off-locations-open-in-atlantic-city-and-ocean-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhance Oyster Reefs by Recycling Your Shells! First Two Drop-Off Locations Open in Atlantic City and Ocean City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image text-wrap-pic half\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/two-neon-green-shell-recycling-bins-on-brown-wooden-platform-under-blue-instructional-sign-in-front-of-black-chain-link-fence-at-ocean-city.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2502\" height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/two-neon-green-shell-recycling-bins-on-brown-wooden-platform-under-blue-instructional-sign-in-front-of-black-chain-link-fence-at-ocean-city.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60560\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:480px;height:auto\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/two-neon-green-shell-recycling-bins-on-brown-wooden-platform-under-blue-instructional-sign-in-front-of-black-chain-link-fence-at-ocean-city.jpg 2502w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/two-neon-green-shell-recycling-bins-on-brown-wooden-platform-under-blue-instructional-sign-in-front-of-black-chain-link-fence-at-ocean-city-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/two-neon-green-shell-recycling-bins-on-brown-wooden-platform-under-blue-instructional-sign-in-front-of-black-chain-link-fence-at-ocean-city-1024x884.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/two-neon-green-shell-recycling-bins-on-brown-wooden-platform-under-blue-instructional-sign-in-front-of-black-chain-link-fence-at-ocean-city-768x663.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/two-neon-green-shell-recycling-bins-on-brown-wooden-platform-under-blue-instructional-sign-in-front-of-black-chain-link-fence-at-ocean-city-1536x1326.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/two-neon-green-shell-recycling-bins-on-brown-wooden-platform-under-blue-instructional-sign-in-front-of-black-chain-link-fence-at-ocean-city-2048x1768.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2502px) 100vw, 2502px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Got Shell?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoy eating oysters and clams at home, you can now contribute to help enhance natural oyster reefs simply by recycling your shells!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NJDEP Fish &amp; Wildlife is excited to announce the opening of the first two Shell Recycling Program public shell\u00a0drop-off\u00a0locations at the Knife &amp; Fork Inn in Atlantic City and at the Shelter Road Recycling Center\u202fin Ocean City.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Jersey\u2019s Shell Recycling Program would not be possible without the involvement from the community and our partners.&nbsp;Thank you for your support!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the Shell Recycling Program and the shell&nbsp;drop-off locations, visit&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/marine\/shell-recycling-program\/\">https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/marine\/shell-recycling-program\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got Shell? If you enjoy eating oysters and clams at home, you can now contribute to help enhance natural oyster reefs simply by recycling your shells! NJDEP Fish &amp; Wildlife is excited to announce the opening of the first two Shell Recycling Program public shell\u00a0drop-off\u00a0locations at the Knife &amp; Fork Inn in Atlantic City and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":60596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-saltwater-recreational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60600"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60622,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60600\/revisions\/60622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}