A composting plant proposed near county roads 475 and 462 west of Wildwood brought out a large group of Royal community residents Tuesday night in opposition.
After listening to their objections for 3 ½ hours at a public hearing, Sumter County commissioners unanimously rejected a special use permit for the plant shortly before 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Southeast Soils, LLC, requested the permit to build the plant to compost food waste, biosolids, landscape debris and other waste into a soil product that can be spread on land…