The dataset represents the waste management activity of \"municipal solid waste\" in a sanitary landfill. Recommended use of this dataset: for average municipal/public waste mixtures. It is not suitable to represent any single specific waste, such as plastic, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of urban solid waste in Xining City, Qinghai Province, are as follows: food waste 47.78%, paper 6.85%, rubber 9.41%, textile (fiber) 2.72%, wood bamboo 1.75%, ash soil 0%, brick tile ceramics 27.22%, glass 2.89%, metal 1.21%, other 0.17%. Moisture content 55. 81%, higher heating value 5367.35 kJ/kg, lower heating value 3624.71 kJ/kg. The carbon share from initial waste, i.e., 60.4% biogenic. The proportion of unoxidized and recoverable metals in the waste (excluding very small or very thin components): Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. Overall degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. The degradability of the waste fraction: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32% 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as beverage cartons: 18%; composite goods, like diapers: 18%; glass: 0%; textiles: 12%; minerals: 0%; natural products: 27%; compostable materials: 27%; inert metals: 10%; volatile metals: 0%; batteries: 0%; electronics: 0%; landfill gas capture and utilization generate 6.86E-05 kWh of electricity and 2.47E-01 MJ of useful heat.