A group of Murray County residents holding “Stop the Biowaste Facility” signs at Thursday’s town hall.

CHATSWORTH, Ga. (WDEF)- Opposition continues to grow in Murray County to a proposed biowaste facility.

It was a full house at the Cloer Barn in Chatsworth as numerous residents came out to voice their concerns regarding a proposed anaerobic digestion facility at a town hall Thursday evening.

This town hall was ahead of the required public hearing held by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD).

That facility would be located in the southern part of Murray County off of Barry-Bennett Road, and would be built by Vanguard Renewables, a subsidiary of BlackRock.

Vanguard previously told News 12 that this facility would recycle food and beverage waste into renewable natur

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