In any solid waste management study information on solid waste characteristics and rate ofrngeneration is essential. One of the main constraints for proper planning and design of solid wasternmanagement in Addis Ababa is the absence of reliable and up to date study in this area. Since thernlion share of the municipal solid waste (76%) is contributed from residential houses givingrnsolution to this part will contribute much for the over all management of the municipality solidrnwaste.rnThe assessment of management options for domestic solid waste was done in an area calledrnFrench Legasion situated in Yeka sub-city, one of the 10 sub-cities of Addis Ababa cityrngovernment, with the objective of assessing the characteristics of solid waste generated at thernhousehold level and its level of impact on the environment as well as identifying sustainablernmanagement options accounting for economical, environmental feasibility and social attitudes.rnTo get reliable data 120 households were randomly selected from the study area. A structuredrnquestionnaire was used to collect household level data on the socio-economic and daily traits.rnThe solid waste of each household was collected, sorted and weighted for 11 consecutive days forrncompositional and generation rate analysis. The proximate and ultimate analysis was alsornundertaken in the Addis Ababa chemical engineering laboratory and in the analytical laboratoryrnof ILRI. Statistical software called Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS 10) was usedrnduring the analysis for both the structured questionnaire and the collected solid waste data.rnAccording to the data analysis the composition of the waste was found high in food wastern(55.35%) followed by ash and dirt (22.29%); the average generation rate was determined to bern196 gm/cap/day with the average density of 311 kg/m3. The correlation analysis clearly showedrnthat the generation rate positively correlated to the socio-economic background of thernhouseholds and negatively correlated to the educational background