Oyster Oyster sells shirts made out of food waste [Video]

WASHINGTON — Since opening Oyster Oyster in Shaw years ago, Chef Rob Rubba always had sustainability as part of its DNA. That mission couldn’t be more evident with a new partnership that turns being environmentally friendly into something you wear.

The plant-based restaurant recently started to sell T-shirts by New York-based Terratela, which was formed a year ago to help reduce wasteful practices and environmental issues in the restaurant and fashion industries.

The company takes post-industrial food waste such as soured milk and fermented corn sugar and uses the material to create the shirts in factories. Terratela works with scientists and chefs in other parts of the world, including Iceland and Mexico, using ingredients specific to the region and restaurants.

“We wanted to share their story of sustainability going beyond the plate,” Rubba told WUSA9. “We can do amazing things …