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RI cities and towns work to combat financial strain of improper recycling

  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

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Bias Score Analysis

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-33% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva, who also serves as the president of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns, told 12 News that the taxpayers are the ones who are paying the price for improper recycling.
38% : The Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns is teaming up with Rhode Island Resource Recovery to address the growing financial burden improper recycling practices have placed on taxpayers.
36% : "They're throwing their dollars away and they're also affecting the life of the landfill," explained Randy Rossi, executive director of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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