摘要:The article is devoted to some questions of sanitary cleaning management in housing-and-communal services in the city. The authors revealed the tasks of activization of the innovation activity in the sphere of removal and processing of municipal solid waste as the result of the analysis of the situation existing in Russia. Separate collecting and processing of waste is offered as the perspective option. Special attention was paid to such an element as solid waste disposal. The technique of the assessment of the expediency of municipal expenses on the solid waste disposal is offered. Comparison of expenses on disposal and sorting of mixed and divided waste is carried out. The conclusion on the advantage of expediency of the divided waste is drawn. Results of this work can be used by the representatives of housing-and-communal services of the cities, responsible for sanitary cleaning, in their practical work.