The responsible waste management is an integral part of a sustainable construction process which is based on managing of waste stream on site, waste minimization, waste registry, waste disposal (reusing, recycling, landfilling, ...) on construction site, but also the policies and regulations in this field. Currently, many opportunities have arisen for the beneficial reduction and recovery of construction material that would otherwise be destined for the disposal as construction waste. The scope of use of these opportunities is related to the perception of waste management by construction companies, especially by contractors. The submitted paper presents the importance of on site waste management in terms of construction of buildings. The research was carried out through a questionnaire survey in Slovakia. It was focused on finding construction companies’ approach to the issues of waste management on building sites and problems in the field of construction waste registry. The first part of the paper is focused on attitudes to waste disposal depending on company size (using chi-squared test) and the second part is focused on attitudes to meeting waste legislation.

The responsible waste management is an integral part of a sustainable construction process which is based on managing of waste stream on site, waste minimization, waste registry, waste disposal (reusing, recycling, landfilling, ...) on construction site, but also the policies and regulations in this field. Currently, many opportunities have arisen for the beneficial reduction and recovery of construction material that would otherwise be destined for the disposal as construction waste. The scope of use of these opportunities is related to the perception of waste management by construction companies, especially by contractors. The submitted paper presents the importance of on site waste management in terms of construction of buildings. The research was carried out through a questionnaire survey in Slovakia. It was focused on finding construction companies’ approach to the issues of waste management on building sites and problems in the field of construction waste registry. The first part of the paper is focused on attitudes to waste disposal depending on company size (using chi-squared test) and the second part is focused on attitudes to meeting waste legislation.