From 2022 to 2024, the percentage of recycling tickets paid hovered just above 50%, according to public records reviewed and analyzed by ecoRI News. In 2024, the Department of Public Works issued 1,392 tickets, but received payment for 765 violations, or about 55% of the tickets issued. “The tickets, right now, just don’t have the teeth, if you will, that we would like them to have. In total, the city received $120,000 in revenue from the paid recycling tickets issued between 2023 and 2024. With an overall budget in the hundreds of millions, Providence isn’t generating a huge percentage of its revenue from recycling tickets, she said.