Aim of the study. To determine the main criteria of motivation about the participation of society in disposal of hazardous substances and assess the efficiency of hazardous domestic waste in Lithuania. Objectives. 1. To analyse the system of disposal of hazardous substances in Kaunas and Lithuania. 2. To analyse the influence upon toxins that are hazardous to humans and harmful to the environment. 3. To assess the informativity and motivation of society in case of recycling the waste. Methods of research. Research – the anonymous questionnaire survey in which participated 200 families. 15 questions form in this anonymous survey were used. 10 class of “Aušros” gymnasium pupils parents were questioned. The statistic analyses of data was carried out by SSPS program package. Results. Only 14.5% residents in Kaunas deliver the waste of hazardous household substances to storage station, 85% to dump, to seweragne and environment. About 29% of respondents would like special stations for waste of hazardous substances, 60% think that containers is the best way out of situation. 99% of respondents in Kaunas having knowledge about harm of hazardous substances, would like to have containers near their homes for waste of hazardous substances. It shows that they don’t know what kind of danger can effect toxic substances being storaged in waste containers near their homes. The biggest motivation for recycling the waste is reduce the pollution -77% residents in Kaunas say, but only... [to full text]