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Make up bottles
Recycle - take part in the Boots recycling scheme
Mattresses
Recycle - these can be taken by our bulky rubbish service
Re-use - if your mattress is still in good condition, donate to a charity shop
Disposal - you can take them to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre
Magazines
Recycle - these can go in your blue bag
Margarine tubs
Recycle - please wash out and they then go in your white bag
Medicine bottles
Recycle - please remove lid, wash and they go in your black box (lid goes in brown bin) - if unopened or out of date medicines, take back to a pharmacy to dispose of safely
Metal pots, pans and trays
Recycle - take to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre
Re-use - if they are still in good condition, donate them to a charity shop
Microwaves
Recycle - these can be taken to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre
Mobile phones up to 80% of a phone is recyclable
Recycle - don't leave your old phone in your drawer, if it's still in working order there are plenty of websites that will take your old phone off you and refurbish it...you may even get a bit of cash for it.
Recycle - take to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre if it's completely broken and there is a container for small electricals
Monitors (computer)
Recycle - these can be taken to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre