Environment protection is very important part of a country´s development. Any country that wants to be in step with the time has to resolve selection of waste in an acceptable manner. Once this is resolved, people are required to contribute to the environment protection of their home town, because the development of the city requires the responsibility for waste management. Since the year 2008. the town of Pula implement selective waste collection through the so-called green islands. A total of 150 green islands are set on the territory of Pula. This research was to determine the current habits of waste treatment by parents of fourth grade pupils. The hypothesis expected the parents to separately dispose of waste to a lesser extent due to various commitments. Results showed that the majority of parents think that there is not enought containers for selective waste disposal. Nevertheless, more than 50 % of parents separately dispose plastic packaging, paper and cardboard, and glass packaging. Parents less separetly dispose hazardous waste such as batteries, cartons and metal packaging. Parents with university education separately dispose waste in a greater extent than parents with secondary education and higher education.