New Bedford Board of Health votes to deny approval of controversial trash transfer facility

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The New Bedford Board of Health voted 2-to-1 Tuesday night to deny approval for a controversial trash transfer facility in the city’s North End, effectively killing the project as proposed. The board cited multiple environmental and health issues brought up during recent community hearings as reasons for denying the project approval. The decision comes nearly six years after South Coast Renewables, formerly known as Parallel Products, initially proposed the project in 2019. “It should not be anywhere near houses.”The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection gave its approval to the trash transfer station in July. The New Bedford Board of Health on Tuesday also moved to levy a $2,800 public hearing fee and a technical fee of $61,691.43.