A comprehensive system of waste management as an element of environmental education of society

The article addresses the topics related to environmental education and awareness of the Polish society. It describes types of environmental education which are aimed at providing the society with the knowledge which is concise and understandable to all addressees regardless of their age and level of education. The presented and characterised sources of the environmental knowledge transfer are aimed to remind that the care for a clean environment depends primarily from the residents and that this process begins already in our households. An important element discussed in the article concerns the objectives and achieved results of an education, information and awareness rising campaign launched under the slogan “Think globaly-act locally”