Consumer culture leads to the generation of significant amounts of municipal waste. Its quantities often increase in direct proportion to the development of tourism at the local level. In the submitted contribution, we therefore evaluate the development of municipal waste separation in one of such micro-regions where the development of tourism is planned – in the Hrušovsko-Beňadice microregion in the Nitra region. Despite the fact that the rate of separation of municipal waste in the municipalities of the microregion between 2016 and 2020 is constantly increasing, it is not intensive enough. Issues such as inadequate container capacity and the emergence of illegal landfills further exacerbate the problem. To support the development of tourism, it is essential to intensify municipal waste separation efforts.