According to the guidelines for ecological policies of the state regarding collection, storage, utilization and disposal of waste, their rational management should ensure satisfactory condition of the natural environment. The absolute priority for waste management policy is given to minimalisation of negative influence of waste on the environment. Actions taken recently by local authorities should improve the conditions for waste management, as well as they are aimed at achieving the standards required by the Polish and European Union Laws. In this context, the goal of this paper is to identify some aspects connected with financing of waste management by Polish local communities, and to indicate methods of institutional support, mainly coming from the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFEP&WM). The paper present tasks for local communities in waste management policies and the role of NFEP&WM in the system of institutional support. The paper also describes the main financial instruments for the local communities within the framework of waste management created by the NFEP&WM.