The aim of this paper is focused on the representation of the all factors that affects all processes of waste management and sustainable development. This paper presents a detailed description of the legal regulations on waste management, the system of disposal, storage, conversion and environmentally positive impacts on the transformation of waste into energy and renewable resources. Special attention is also given to the link between sustainable development and tourism in the Republic of Croatia, as well as the positive impacts of waste reclamation into the utilization of resources in the economy and ecology sectors, both at the state level and globally. Waste management is a process that moves from an individual to local community, and from cities to national level, whose positive impacts directly affect the quality of life and environmental protection that will remain for future generations.