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Magazines
- Recycle in your recycling bin
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre
Makeup pads (cotton or other)
- Avoid waste by using reusable face cloth instead
- Dispose of in your household waste bin
Massage chairs
- Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop
- Dispose of at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)
- Dispose of by booking a hard waste collection
Massage mats/pads (electric)
- Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop
- Dispose of at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Dispose of by booking a hard waste collection
Mattresses and bed bases
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply, bed bases are disposed of)
- Recycle by booking a hard waste collection
Meat, meat scraps, fat and raw bones
- Recycle in your Bokashi bin or green cone solar composter
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Note: Cooked bones are not accepted in FOGO bins. Dispose of in your household waste bin
Meat trays (rigid plastic only, washed)
- Recycle in your recycling bin
Note: do not put polystyrene trays that snap easily in your recycling bin. Dispose of these in your household waste bin
Medical waste
- Contact your local GP for correct disposal of various types of medical waste or for permission to use their on-site medical waste bin.
Medicines (old)
- Dispose of them safely by returning to your local pharmacy via the Return Unwanted Medicines-external site (RUM) scheme
Note: do not flush down the toilet or put in your waste bin.
Medicine bottle (glass or plastic, empty, leave lids on)
- Recycle in your recycling bin
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre
Mobile phones
- Reduce waste by only upgrading at the end of the product's life
- Recycle at a local mobile muster location or request an envelope and post to them-external site
- Recycle via Zoos Victoria’s They’re Calling On You-external site program
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at one of our local e-waste collection banks
Mobile phone chargers
- Avoid waste by keeping the charger with the phone
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at one of our local e-waste collection banks
Modems
- Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at one of our local e-waste collection banks
Musical instruments
- Reuse by donating to your local charity or op-shop
Musical instruments (electrical)
- Reuse by donating to your local charity/op-shop
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle by booking a hard waste collection
Motor oil (max. 20L in 5L cans)
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
Motor oil container (empty)
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
Napkins and serviettes (paper)
- Avoid waste by using reusable cloth napkins
- Recycle by tearing into small pieces and adding to your compost bin
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Nappies (disposable, wrapped/bagged)
- Avoid waste by using modern cloth reusable nappies-external site
- Dispose of in your household waste bin
Newspapers (clean and dry)
- Avoid waste by reading news online
- Recycle in your recycling bin
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
Newspapers (solid or wet)
- Avoid waste by reading the news online
- Recycle by tearing into small pieces and adding to your compost bin
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Nuts, shells and seeds (pistachio or peanut shells)
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Office paper (clean and dry)
- Reuse the blank side of office paper to create a notebook
- Recycle in your recycling bin
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre
- Recycle at the Kew Depot Recycling Drop-off Centre
- Recycle by shredding and adding to your compost bin
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Olive pips
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Onion (flesh and skins)
- Recycle in your Bokashi bin
- Recycle in your FOGO bin
Ovens/stoves
- Recycle at the Boroondara Recycling and Waste Centre (fees apply)
- Recycle by booking a hard waste collection
Oyster shells
- Dispose of in your household waste bin