Solid waste management practices in Bole sub city is un satisfactory and incomplete as illegalrndumping of solid waste in open areas, in gullies , river courses and streets seen in daily life ofrnresidents. considering this, study is aimed at the overall assessment of the existing solid wasternmanagement practices of Addis Ababa city with particular reference to Bole sub city. In order tornaccomplish these objectives, the researcher used both primary and secondary sources. Bole subrncity sanitation administration is the responsible institution to take over solid waste managementrnpractices of the sub city. Solid waste management activity in bole sub city takes place in tworncycles. The first cycle is door to door collection and transportation of solid waste to transferrnstations. This can be done by cooperative partnership associations. The second cycle isrntransportation of solid waste from transfer station to â€œkosheâ€ disposal site and can be done byrnsub city sanitation administration. â€œKosheâ€ disposal site is generally described as open andrnunsanitary landfill that has different problems to environment and the community. The finding ofrnthis study revealed that the present status of Bole sub city solid waste management is poor.rnInstitutional related problems, cooperative partnership association related problems, and limitedrnparticipation of stake holders are the major factors that limits the proper solid wasternmanagement practice of Bole sub city.Therefore, the best ways that used to tackle the abovernproblems are: giving training to cooperative partnership association and sanitationrnadministration employees, developing institutional structure that have capacity to implementrnintegrated MSWM approach which recognizes and comprises all stakeholders.