Employees of the South-Eastern Territorial Administration of the Ministry conducted an environmental lesson on topic “Culture of household waste management” in the Kuakbash General Education School of Leninogorskiy district. Pupils in cognitive form received recommendations to reduce the indicator of the “ecological footprint” of a man: to reduce the number of things that we throw away, use paper bags for shopping, sort waste, participate in promotions and voluntary clean-up days.