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Reverse Garbage Co-operative Ltd, or shortened to Reverse Garbage, is an Australian environmental not-for-profit charity that operates Australia's largest creative reuse centre, based in Marrickville, New South Wales. The organisation was founded by teachers in 1974 with the focus of reducing landfill waste through creative reuse and sustainability education. Each year, the reuse centre serves over 60,000 customers and 15,000 participants through their education programs, as well as diverting almost 250,000kg of commercial and industrial discards from landfill.

History
Reverse Garbage was founded in 1974 by local teachers and community workers who wanted to help the environment by diverting industrial discards from landfill and reuse these materials in their classrooms. In 1975, they applied for and received an Australian Assistance Plan grant of $35,000 to set up a recycling depot for community use. The depot was set up at the former Addison Road Army Depot in Marrickville, where the Addison Road Community Centre would later be set up, with a rent of $25 a week. It continues to operate there today.

Reverse Garbage has focused on creative reuse and sustainability education. They collected industrial discards from factories through periodic trips, offering a free disposal service for items that could be of use for school children. On an average week, they would collect over 10 tonnes of industrial discard that would be stored at the depot. However, the materials were not available to the public as it was not considered desirable for the material to be used for personal or commercial gain. Instead, schools and community groups could pay an annual subscription of $40 to draw materials as often as they like and take as much as they needed. By 1978, Reverse Garbage had over 700 schools and groups as part of their reuse scheme.

Courses and workshops that focus on reuse were also undertaken by Reverse Garbage across the state to show teachers how reuse could be used in the classroom, as well as educating people about its service and its contribution to the community.