The problem of hazardous waste disposal {--} The case study of battery collection in the region of Písek

Annotation The bachelor thesis deals with the problem of recycling of waste in selected location (the town of Pisek). The theoretical part of the bachelor thesis is created by a review, dealing with the legislation related to waste and its relation to pollution of environment. In the practical part I deal with the problem of recycling of batteries in primary schools in Pisek, where ECOBAT firm organized the contest in reversibility of batteries in 2008. Altogether, 2129,7 kg of batteries were returned in all schools, which increased the whole amount of returned batteries in all town from 1,5 t in 2007 to 4,15 t in 2008. The competition was won by the 9.B class from Thomáš Šobr{\crq}s school with an amount of 379.7 kg of batteries. The last was the 5.A class from Edvard Beneš{\crq}s school, which picked up 139.2 kg of batteries. By the survey via questionnaire I found out, that the main motivation of successful classes was the effort to win the contest. Both the girls and boys sorted the batteries not only because the competition, but also because they wanted to do something for environment, but this tendency was higher by girls. Parents' education did not affect the environmental feelings of the children. The campaign has achieved its purpose, because there was an increase in the amount of returned batteries and also the ecological education of children was positively affected. Almost the third of them continue to return batteries even after the closure of competition