About a year ago, she started Perfectly Imperfect, giving decorative life to oyster shells. “I bleach them twice,” she said. “Typically, do three coats of paint.” A nurse and teacher by ...

Seafood connoisseurs consume oysters throughout most of the year across Long Island, often haphazardly discarding the empty shells slurp after slurp. But local advocates say those shells could go on ...