The task of graduation thesis ‘Development of the recycling yard in the example of the local community’ is described in the example of recycle yard Meka, Ludbreg. In the beginning, a reader gets familiar with the basic terms such as ecology, environment, environmental protection as well as principles of the protection of the environment. Then the theoretical part follows describing waste, clasification and groups of waste as well as legal system of recycle yard. The task begins with a description of recycle yard through the information of present gathering of the waste and waste disposal in the area of Ludbreg. In the thesis, statistical information of waste disposal in 2016 have been used, as well as statistical evaluation of gathering the waste on future recycle yard in 2018. In the thesis, it will be proved that recycle yard brings benefits to the local community in the sense of secure waste separation, although there is no financial welfare. So, recycle yard will have to be financed through the sale of secundary materials and the fees payed by the citizens as the final users. The information used in this thesis were provided by Lukom d. O. O. Company, as well as from the literature written in the end and from the Internet.