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ShareFest diverts 95 tons of goods; volunteers and local partners drive increase
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ShareFest volunteers and partners diverted about 95 tons of reusable items from the landfill this year, a gain of roughly 20 tons over 2024, organizers told Oxford City Council.
Carol Michael, the organizer presenting Oxford’s ShareFest report, told City Council the 2025 event diverted roughly 95 tons of food, clothing, furniture and e‑waste from the landfill and passed those items on to local organizations.
The annual ShareFest, held May 15–20 this year, collected donations from residence halls and campus sites and from town residents. “This year, we diverted 95 tons, food, clothing, furniture, and household goods, and e waste in the landfill, and got them on to people who could use them,” Michael said. She said that was “more than 20 tons more than last year.”
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