Every year, thousands of oyster shells are loaded onto a boat, hauled back off to the ocean, and replanted in creeks along the Lowcountry shore. It’s all part of SCDNR’s Shellfish Ground ...

Every year, thousands of oyster shells are loaded onto a boat, hauled back off to the ocean, and replanted in creeks along the Lowcountry shore. It’s part of SCDNR’s Shellfish Ground ...

So, after you slurp those oyster platters, don’t toss the shells. There are plenty of ways to support the environment while also enjoying a tasty Lowcountry meal.

South Carolina's coastal communities are investing millions of dollars in oyster-based living shorelines. But as demand for shells has climbed, so have costs.

The shells then go to a shell-curing site to be cleaned of any invasive species and bacteria… and then they’re returned to the water via oyster restoration projects.

To learn more about the Oyster Shell Recycling Program, watch the video above and visit their website. RELATED: Childhood friends fight hunger by rescuing and distributing food.

It's Chesapeake Oyster Week, so Allison Albert Guercio, with the Oyster Recovery Partnership, shares with 11 News what the shell-recycling program is and why it's important for the Chesapeake Bay.

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The inner shell is smooth, iridescent, glowing. Slug down the actual oyster (“my tongue was a filling estuary, my palate hung with starlight”) and the shell itself has many uses.

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