The paper presents problems of care and the current state of the impact of medical waste on human health and the environment in the selected area of the Republic of Serbia. In general environmental pollution, medical waste does not take up much, but its specific characteristics are potentially among the most dangerous types of waste. Inadequate care can affect the health of the medical workers, the population and the surrounding areas in which the waste is stored, but also lead to outbreaks of global infection and poisoning.In order to testing the current state of the impact of medical waste on human health, and the possible unwanted consequences that it can produce, if it is treated in an inappropriate manner, a survey was conducted in the rural and urban environment. Research has shown that most of the respondents, unused drugs throw away into a garbage, which is mixed with municipal waste, and without prior separation it is deposited on the city landfill, and according to the Likert scale, more than 50% of the respondents partially or completely agree with the claim that the unorganized landfills are not sufficiently safe and pose a risk for the possible spread of the disease, as well as that no containers are placed in the public places for the disposal of medical (pharmaceutical) waste. Respondents believe that the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environmental Protection should take responsibility for the safe management of medical waste, where over 80% of respondents expressed their willingness to store drugs at suitable locations in their places.

The paper presents the current state and analysis of the consequences of forest fires in the territory of R. Serbia in the period from 2012 to 2016, when a total of 414 fires were registered, with affected area by fire of 9.428 ha, and a damaged wood of 122.890 m 3 . In Serbia, forest fires are one of the more frequent natural disasters, but caused by human neglect. Therefore, in addition to the ecological problem, fires also represent the main economic problem of our forestry, destroying and devastating huge forest areas and consequently affecting the reduction of wood mass. The aim of this paper is to present and analyze the state and damage caused by forest fires in the territory of Serbia and the importance of timely education and legal protection of forests as a natural good.