The dataset represents the waste management activity of \"municipal solid waste\" in a sanitary landfill. The recommended use of this dataset: to represent the average municipal/public waste mixture. It is not suitable to represent any specific waste type, such as plastics, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of municipal solid waste in Tianmen City, Hubei Province are as follows: food waste 55.3%, paper 1.5%, rubber 4.5%, textile (fiber) 0%, wood/bamboo 8.3%, ash/soil 0%, bricks/tiles/ceramics 27.3%, glass 2%, metal 1.1%, other 0%. Moisture content is 53.5%, and higher calorific value of 4550. 7 kJ/kg, lower heating value 2783.55 kJ/kg. The carbon share from biological origins in the initial waste is 60.4%. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recoverable metals in the waste (excluding very small or very thin parts): Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. The overall degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. The degradability of materials composing the waste fraction: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32% 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as beverage 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 generates 1.29E-04 kWh of electricity and 4.63E-01 MJ of useful heat.