M items

Magazines

Mixed recycling bin (yellow lid).

Mailing satchels (Australia Post plastic satchel)

TerraCycle or general rubbish bin.

Make-up (lip gloss tubes, mascara tubes, concealer tubes and sticks)

Mecca store drop-off, TerraCycle, Banish, David Jones store drop-off or general rubbish bin.

Manchester (bedding)

Take to RSPCA, but no bedding with filler or feathers.

Manure (horse/cow)

Home compost or general rubbish bin.

Margarine tubs

Mixed recycling bin (yellow lid).

Match boxes

General rubbish bin.

Mattresses

Put out for hard waste or take it to Soft Landing or the Darebin Resource Recovery Centre.

Meat scraps

Best placed in your food and garden organics bin.

Meat trays (foam/polystyrene)

General rubbish bin.

Meat trays (plastic)

Mixed recycling bin (yellow lid).

Meat trays (black plastic)

General rubbish bin because meat trays can't be picked up by recycling machine sensors.

Medicine bottles and packets

Mixed recycling bin (yellow lid).

Medicines (including tablets and pills)

Return to your local pharmacy.

Medicines (pills, tablets, liquids, syrups etc)

Return to your local pharmacy.

Mercury

Check our Detox Your Home on how to dispose of toxic chemicals. 

Microwave

Do not throw in bin. Find more information on disposing microwaves at our e-waste page or hard waste page.

Milk bottle (no lid)

Mixed recycling bin (yellow lid).

Milk bottle lids (unattached)

Mixed recycling bin (yellow lid).

Milk cartons (flavoured milk)

Container Deposit Scheme (Look for the 10c mark).

Mirror glass (broken, wrapped)

General rubbish bin.

Mobile phones and accessories

Council Recycling Station, Mobile muster or Zoos Victoria.

Modems

Do not throw in bin. Find more information on disposing microwaves at our e-waste page or hard waste page.

Monitors

Do not throw in bin. Find more information on disposing microwaves at our e-waste page, hard waste page or take to the Darebin Resource Recovery Centre.

Motor oil

Take to the Darebin Resource Recovery Centre.