Household solidwasteassessmentonphysicalcompositionandgenerationrateare veryimportanttochooseproperwastemanagementoptions.Thus,theobjectivesof this studyweretocharacterizethecompositionsofhousehold’ssolidwaste,toanalyze its generationrateandtoassesstheattitudeofpeopletowardsitsmanagemet.The researchwasconductedinDangilaTownonrandomsamplesof73residentialhouses whichweredeterminedfromstrataofincomebasedsocialstatusoflow,middleand high. Thestudywasconductedinarepresentativekebeleofthetown,fromthetotal of existingfive.Questionersweredistributedamongtheselectedhouseholdstoassess their attitudetowardssolidwastemanagemetandtheirsocialstatus.Solidwaste generation rateandcompositionweredonebyexperimentalmethodfromcollected and storedsolidwastesforsevendays.Thecollecteddatawasanalyzedbyusing MS-excel program.Thecompositionresultshowedthatabout46.7%byweightofthe solid wasteisdecomposabletypewhichcouldbeusedforcompostpreparationand the recyclablewasteconstitutedabout15.1%.Therefore,atotalof61.8%solidwaste in thetowncancreatejobopportunityforunemployedresidentsinthetown.The domestic solidwastegenerationratewas0.26kg/c/day.Thismadethedailytotalsolid wastegenerationofhouseholdstobe21.49tons.Thestudyrevealedthatabout39.72, 79.45 and64.38%oftheresidentspaychargeforsolidwastemanagement,knowthe importanceofsolidwastesegregationandhaveknowledgeonthelegislationregarding solid wastemanagement,respectively.However,about43.84%oftheresidentsburn wasteasanoptionfordisposing.Theinvestigationofthehouseholds’attitudetowards solid wastemanagementshowedthatabout76.71%ofthemhaveawarenessaboutthe impact ofimpropersolidwastemanagementontheenvironmentandabout68.49%of the respondentshaveanawarenessfortheimpactofimpropersolidwastemanagement on health.Generally,theresearchoutcomeshowedthatmostoftheresidentsdonot haveaknowledgeproblemaboutsolidwastemanagement,butthereislimitationof putting itintopractice.