Providence paid $459,000 in 2018 for rejected loads; in 2019 it increased to $476,000. This year, the city is on target to pay nearly $575,000 for what just a few years ago was accepted at no charge.

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“We can do an area, then we move on to another area and the area we did maybe a month or two ago has slipped back,” said DPW Director Leo Perrotta, noting that having residents speak dozens of different languages across the city has made getting the message across more challenging.Providence paid $459,000 in 2018 for rejected loads; in 2019 it increased to $476,000. This year, the city is on target to pay nearly $575,000 for what just a few years ago was accepted at no charge.