This paper seeks to explore the scientific level, in one of the categories of waste, ELV treatment of certain state regulatory issues, discussing the most relevant regional and national regulatory instruments governing the ELV processing system to identify regulatory dysfunctions. Safe waste management in Lithuania faced with the challenges of legal regulation, the scope of the problem and the system remains relevant and constantly demands of scientific analysis and evaluation. Effective waste management system, which leads to the safe disposal of the waste, the establishment and proper implementation - one of the priority environmental areas. Waste disposal in landfills, though at this time and the cheapest waste management option, ...