The dataset represents the waste management activity of \"municipal solid waste\" in a sanitary landfill. The recommended use of this dataset: for average municipal/public waste mixtures. It is not suitable to represent any single specific waste, such as plastics, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of municipal solid waste in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, are as follows: food waste 56.55%, paper 14.25%, rubber 14.98%, textile (fiber) 3.76%, wood and bamboo 8.44%, ash and soil 0%, brick, tile, and ceramics 0%, glass 1.53%, metal 0.48%, and other 0%. Moisture content 56. 67%, higher heating value 7240.08 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5245.3 kJ/kg. The carbon share from initial waste, i.e., 60.4% from biogenic sources. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recoverable metals in waste (excluding very small or very thin parts) is Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. 100-year overall degradation rate of waste: 18.73%. Degradability of the components constituting the waste: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as drink cartons: 18%; composite products, such as 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 2.26E-04 kWh of electricity and 8.13E-01 MJ of useful heat.