Solid waste management is one of the most challenging issues faced by developing countries. Data on solid waste characterization, generation rates, and waste composition are very important and primary concerns to plan and implementation of effective solid waste management systems of the cities. Therefore, the study aimed to carry out household solid waste characterization, quantification and to evaluate the current household waste management practices in Durbete town. In the study, a stratified random sampling technique was applied. The waste samples were collected from randomly selected 133 households based on their social-economic levels in the dry and wet seasons of a year. The daily waste generated in the study area was collected for seven consecutive days and the daily collected wastes were then separated into different waste fractions and weighted. The questionnaires were distributed to the household to evaluate the current waste management practices in the study area. The result indicated that the average per capita generation rate in the study area was 0.309kg/cap/d and 0.256kg/cap/d for the wet and dry seasons respectively. The multiple linear regression analysis results demonstrated that the quantity of household solid waste generation in the study area was significant ly affected by monthly income, family size, and education level. Concerning waste compositions, there are about seven types of waste components that are identified from household wastes. Ash waste has the largest proportion (29.37%) and food waste accounts (23.17%) next to ash wastes. The third most represented waste component was a plastic waste (13.34%). Generally, the waste composition analysis result showed that about 72.68% of the solid wastes are organic and the remaining 27.32% were recyclable wastes. The analysis shows calorific values ranging from 16,834.285 KJ/kg to 16,496.913kj/kg. The moisture content was ranged from 31.75±5.59 to 27.70±4.05%. Generally, from the study results, a large proportion of the generated wastes is either compostable or recyclable or energy can be reclaimed from it. Therefore, the municipality has to reduce the waste that goes to the disposal site through composting, recycling, and energy recovery techniques.