Houston Life x Oyster Shell Recycling Feature Story

• April 23, 2025
• News

Galveston Bay Foundation was thrilled to share the story about how our Oyster Shell Recycling Program came to be with the viewers of Houston Life and host, Derrick Shore. Watch the segment featuring our President, Bob Stokes, alongside Tom Tollett, owner of Tommy’s Restaurant Oyster Bar in Clear Lake. Tom helped bring our program to life, and because of him and 38 other Houston/Galveston restaurants, we are able to recycle hundreds of tons of oyster shells back into the Bay every year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We then took Derrick and the Houston Life viewers along to our curing site where we place the recycled oyster shell to cure for 6+ months before placing it back into Galveston Bay through our restoration reef efforts.

Thank you to the Galveston Bay Estuary Program and University of Houston Clear Lake for raising awareness about our efforts and working together in partnership with Galveston Bay Foundation to preserve and protect Galveston Bay for future generations.