Solid waste management is both urban and rural problems. Every person is a potential generatorrnof waste. This study was focussed on Prospects and Challenges of Solid Waste Management inrnBole Sub City. The study was conducted by using both qualitative and quantitative approachrnmethodologies. To determine the shares of the various sources of waste in the sub city, thernmean daily solid waste generation rate by weight and volume of 1031 samples (385rnresidences, 358 commercial establishments, 208 institutions and 80 industries) was directlyrnmeasured for five weeks. Result showed that residences generate the highest share (82%, 75%)rnfollowed by commercial areas 12%, 15%, street sweeping 3%, 1.2%, institutions 2%, 8.5% andrn1%, 0.3% by weight and volume respectively. Since residences generate a larger proportion ofrnwaste in the sub city a survey was conducted on 385 households about their onsite wasternhandling. Result showed that 82.3% of the households use trash bag and plastics to store wasternat home. On the other hand only 17.7% households responded that they reuse some items.rnSimilarly, most of the households (83.6%) do not change their cloth wastes for plastic and otherrnutensils to â€œLewachâ€ or sold to â€œQoralesâ€. The remaining households (7.3%) exchange theirrnworn out clothes and shoes to â€œLewachâ€ for household utensils. An interview was alsornconducted with sub city waste management office about the current conditions of wasternmanagement problems. From this interview the following points were considered as challengesrnto improve the situation in the sub city. These are poor infrastructure, lack of properly designedrncollection route system, and lack of promotion on waste reduction, recycling and composting. InrnBole sub city 121,164kg, 380167.11L of waste is generated per day by weight and volumernrespectively, with per capita generation of 0.31kg and 1.01L by weight and volume.rnKeywords: solid waste, waste generation, waste composition