Win a class in/excursion this Christmas


We are challenging OOSH/vacation care and early childhood centres to choose to reuse this Christmas. To enter, your group must make a reuse Christmas tree for the classroom. Size does not matter, make it as big or as small as you want. The key criteria is that everything must be made out of reuse resources, … Continue reading Win a class in/excursion this Christmas

Our education spaces are open…and available for hire


We were super excited to invite Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill to cut our reuse ribbon today to the cheers of donors, team members, board members, councillors, and community. The $45,000 Community Building Partnership grant we were awarded in 2021 made this space much more achievable for us, along with generous donations from community members, … Continue reading Our education spaces are open…and available for hire

Opening at a new location with a new CEO


Media release: 19 January 2022 ‘New’ is a dirty word at creative reuse centre, Reverse Garbage, but they’ve made an exception for their new location and new CEO. On Monday, 24 January 2022, Reverse Garbage will open its doors at its new, fit-for-purpose warehouse at 30 Carrington Rd Marrickville, after 46 years in its war-time … Continue reading Opening at a new location with a new CEO

Write us a bush style poem, tune or song


Bush Music Club and Reverse Garbage have long been neighbours at Addison Road Community Centre. To honour this long association, The Bush Music Club would like to invite the community to create a commemorative work for Reverse Garbage in the form of a poem, ballad, or song. Brief: To write a poem, ballad, or song … Continue reading Write us a bush style poem, tune or song

Sustainable shopping centre installations for Summer


More than 90% of the materials used to make Marrickville Metro Shopping Centre’s astounding summer decorations came from creative reuse centre, Reverse Garbage. Bottle tops, plastic cutlery, bra cups, polystyrene, fabric samples and hessian coffee sacks that were discarded by their first owner and would go straight to landfill if it weren’t for Reverse Garbage, … Continue reading Sustainable shopping centre installations for Summer

Bringing new meaning to ‘plastic surgery’


Never underestimate the power of a Facebook comment. When Shari Meyer commented on our Facebook post about extraordinary dresses made from hospital Kimguard she probably wasn’t expecting to lead to finding a reuse for the kilos of plastic rescued at her workplace. Shari is part of the Green Team at St George Private Hospital where … Continue reading Bringing new meaning to ‘plastic surgery’