Modern society is characterized by an accelerated life, which entails increasing need for the development of technology. Technology as such allows us an easier life in every aspect, which has been an important actor in everything that surrounds today’s modern man. Whether it is about medicine, the economy, agriculture and even various hobbies and pastimes, technology is raising our society to a higher level every day. Of course, this entails some negative consequences, which we as a society have an obligation to address, because I believe that this is a tax that we need to pay for using all the benefits of today's developed world. The content of the problems of this paper is contained in the saying: "waste is not a garbage". Whether it is a micro level like a household or a macro level like a company, we are all responsible for the waste we generate and its disposal. Because the whole of nature, water, plants and animals, are suffocating more and more every day under pollution, and so, due to our negligence, they pay tribute instead of us. It is the task of every living individual to prevent this as quickly and efficiently as possible. It is necessary that every natural and legal person engaged in the collection, transport, treatment, and recycling of waste does so conscientiously and according to certain rules. In my work, I referred to the Recycling Center CE-ZA-R d.o.o. and through this example I presented how waste-related activities are performed today, and by which acts these procedures are regulated. CE-ZA-R d.o.o. works in accordance with the legal acts of the Republic of Croatia, and in particular in accordance with the Ordinance on waste vehicle management. Also, the company CE-ZA-R d.o.o. works in accordance with certain internal acts, ie Work Instructions such as the Instructions for action in case of fire and the Instructions on radioactivity control. At the very end of the paper, I presented an example from practice, ie the fire that occurred in the said company CE-ZA-R d.o.o, because as it usually happens in everyday life, it does not matter how much something is planned, in this case even regulated by the law of the Republic of Croatia, if we do not pay maximum attention to the work we do.