Fostering an environmental culture of competent waste management

At present the importance of solving the problem of ecological culture formation increases every year in all regions of Russia. In its turn it is caused by the necessity of taking measures not only for ecological literacy and education but also for environment improvement, rational resource management, separate collection of industrial and consumption wastes and well-organized recycling of secondary raw materials. This problem can only be solved by the joint efforts of both public authorities, local authorities, also the population of Russia. The purpose of the research was to study the basic reasons of insufficiently responsible attitude of the Russian population in the field of waste management through the consideration of the level of ecological literacy in this sphere. The study presents the results of socio-ecological survey conducted by the method of sociological research to assess the real level of environmental literacy of the Russian population and to identify their need for environmental education. The survey revealed the main problems and difficulties faced by the respondents in the field of separate waste collection.