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Work purpose is to analyse the situation of waste sorting and management in Lithuania and accomplish the assessment of residents' opinion, identify trends in 2010 – 2012 years period. The research has been conducted on the ground of scientific literature, collected statistical data and the data of accomplished residents' interrogation. Nowadays when consumption and the number of packing is increasing, purchase and sale culture is turning to the usage of disposable packing of small items, when after the economic crisis construction and manufacture are reviving again, we inevitably face a huge amount of waste appearing in the country. Every year in all sectors of Lithuania about 4, 5 million tons of waste are accumulated: where domestic household waste work out slightly more than 1 million tons, whereas manufacturing, industrial, agricultural, transport and other waste work out about 3 million tons. The number of breaches of environment protection in waste management sector is increasing. In 2002 there were slightly more than a thousand of such breaches, whereas in 2009 the number exceeded two thousands. The number of domestic household domestic household domestic household domestic household waste which falls on one resident has increasing tendency and figures up to 300 kg per person in 2004 and 330 kg per person in 2012. Within eight years the amount increased by thirty kilos. Considering the emigration and real statistically undocumented decrease of the number of residents the number of domestic household waste per one person per year can be considerably higher. Detailed analysis of the data collected by questionnaire-based literary reveals the basic reasons why in Lithuanian society sort of municipal waste is not widespread and currently is intensely behind the European Union's Member States. Lithuania lags behind in management system of the collection of waste, infrastructure, taxation, education and information spreading through a poor promotion of waste sorting. Short after Lithuania regained independence consumer society began to develop. Still there was no parallel education of an eco-responsible society that could have encouraged responsibility in the area of waste sorting. This education process started in the subsequent period, and was still going during the 2010-2012 period. This work provides an overview of progress and change, examined whether two years period is enough to reach significant changes in the habits of society. Although the analysis revealed that two years period is too short to arrive at considerable changes, the positive trends still could be seen. People opinions on waste sorting were analysed according to different age groups, younger people are more susceptible to eco-ideas, but they lack the diligence to start the implementation of these ideas; elders are more focused on the goal and have enough diligence, but they are less inclined to accept eco-friendly (namely sorting) ideas as worth to be achieved. The group of average age is characterized by high employment; therefore even if they understand the importance of sorting they cannot spend enough time for that. By gender, women are more environmentally responsible and more inclined to sort waste. The location showed no significant connection. Education and the workplace had influence: people with higher education tend to be more environmentally aware. Income did not show significant influence on waste sorting, it only had influence on the effectiveness of waste sorting encouragement tools.

Work purpose is to analyse the situation of waste sorting and management in Lithuania and accomplish the assessment of residents' opinion, identify trends in 2010 – 2012 years period. The research has been conducted on the ground of scientific literature, collected statistical data and the data of accomplished residents' interrogation. Nowadays when consumption and the number of packing is increasing, purchase and sale culture is turning to the usage of disposable packing of small items, when after the economic crisis construction and manufacture are reviving again, we inevitably face a huge amount of waste appearing in the country. Every year in all sectors of Lithuania about 4, 5 million tons of waste are accumulated: where domestic household waste work out slightly more than 1 million tons, whereas manufacturing, industrial, agricultural, transport and other waste work out about 3 million tons. The number of breaches of environment protection in waste management sector is increasing. In 2002 there were slightly more than a thousand of such breaches, whereas in 2009 the number exceeded two thousands. The number of domestic household domestic household domestic household domestic household waste which falls on one resident has increasing tendency and figures up to 300 kg per person in 2004 and 330 kg per person in 2012. Within eight years the amount increased by thirty kilos. Considering the emigration and real statistically undocumented decrease of the number of residents the number of domestic household waste per one person per year can be considerably higher. Detailed analysis of the data collected by questionnaire-based literary reveals the basic reasons why in Lithuanian society sort of municipal waste is not widespread and currently is intensely behind the European Union's Member States. Lithuania lags behind in management system of the collection of waste, infrastructure, taxation, education and information spreading through a poor promotion of waste sorting. Short after Lithuania regained independence consumer society began to develop. Still there was no parallel education of an eco-responsible society that could have encouraged responsibility in the area of waste sorting. This education process started in the subsequent period, and was still going during the 2010-2012 period. This work provides an overview of progress and change, examined whether two years period is enough to reach significant changes in the habits of society. Although the analysis revealed that two years period is too short to arrive at considerable changes, the positive trends still could be seen. People opinions on waste sorting were analysed according to different age groups, younger people are more susceptible to eco-ideas, but they lack the diligence to start the implementation of these ideas; elders are more focused on the goal and have enough diligence, but they are less inclined to accept eco-friendly (namely sorting) ideas as worth to be achieved. The group of average age is characterized by high employment; therefore even if they understand the importance of sorting they cannot spend enough time for that. By gender, women are more environmentally responsible and more inclined to sort waste. The location showed no significant connection. Education and the workplace had influence: people with higher education tend to be more environmentally aware. Income did not show significant influence on waste sorting, it only had influence on the effectiveness of waste sorting encouragement tools.

Work purpose is to analyse the situation of waste sorting and management in Lithuania and accomplish the assessment of residents' opinion, identify trends in 2010 – 2012 years period. The research has been conducted on the ground of scientific literature, collected statistical data and the data of accomplished residents' interrogation. Nowadays when consumption and the number of packing is increasing, purchase and sale culture is turning to the usage of disposable packing of small items, when after the economic crisis construction and manufacture are reviving again, we inevitably face a huge amount of waste appearing in the country. Every year in all sectors of Lithuania about 4, 5 million tons of waste are accumulated: where domestic household waste work out slightly more than 1 million tons, whereas manufacturing, industrial, agricultural, transport and other waste work out about 3 million tons. The number of breaches of environment protection in waste management sector is increasing. In 2002 there were slightly more than a thousand of such breaches, whereas in 2009 the number exceeded two thousands. The number of domestic household domestic household domestic household domestic household waste which falls on one resident has increasing tendency and figures up to 300 kg per person in 2004 and 330 kg per person in 2012. Within eight years the amount increased by thirty kilos. Considering the emigration and real statistically undocumented decrease of the number of residents the number of domestic household waste per one person per year can be considerably higher. Detailed analysis of the data collected by questionnaire-based literary reveals the basic reasons why in Lithuanian society sort of municipal waste is not widespread and currently is intensely behind the European Union's Member States. Lithuania lags behind in management system of the collection of waste, infrastructure, taxation, education and information spreading through a poor promotion of waste sorting. Short after Lithuania regained independence consumer society began to develop. Still there was no parallel education of an eco-responsible society that could have encouraged responsibility in the area of waste sorting. This education process started in the subsequent period, and was still going during the 2010-2012 period. This work provides an overview of progress and change, examined whether two years period is enough to reach significant changes in the habits of society. Although the analysis revealed that two years period is too short to arrive at considerable changes, the positive trends still could be seen. People opinions on waste sorting were analysed according to different age groups, younger people are more susceptible to eco-ideas, but they lack the diligence to start the implementation of these ideas; elders are more focused on the goal and have enough diligence, but they are less inclined to accept eco-friendly (namely sorting) ideas as worth to be achieved. The group of average age is characterized by high employment; therefore even if they understand the importance of sorting they cannot spend enough time for that. By gender, women are more environmentally responsible and more inclined to sort waste. The location showed no significant connection. Education and the workplace had influence: people with higher education tend to be more environmentally aware. Income did not show significant influence on waste sorting, it only had influence on the effectiveness of waste sorting encouragement tools.