North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi has been a member of the Resource Recovery Board of Commissioners for more than a decade. North Providence paid only $628 in 2018 for contaminated loads. But that number tripled in 2019 and this year the town is on pace to pay $7,540.“We’ve had a couple of contaminated loads,” Lombardi said. “Do I like it? Absolutely not. Do I know why and do I understand why it’s happening? Absolutely.”

<p>North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi has been a member of the Resource Recovery Board of Commissioners for more than a decade. North Providence paid only $628 in 2018 for contaminated loads. But that number tripled in 2019 and this year the town is on pace to pay $7,540.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had a couple of contaminated loads,&rdquo; Lombardi said. &ldquo;Do I like it? Absolutely not. Do I know why and do I understand why it&rsquo;s happening? Absolutely.&rdquo;</p>

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“It’s all about public awareness,” Lombardi added. “Get cooperation from our residents,  not only in North Providence, but all over the state, to recycle and to increase the diversion of recyclables out of the landfill,” says  North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi.

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