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 plastics, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of municipal solid waste in Liaocheng City, Shandong Province are as follows: food waste 46.04%, paper 15.3%, rubber 19.62%, textile (fiber) 4.81%, wood and bamboo 4.75%, ash and soil 5.31%, bricks tiles and ceramics 0%, glass 3.48%, metal 0.69%, others 0%. Moisture content 57%. 98%, higher heating value 7587.04 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5679.24 kJ/kg. The carbon share of the initial waste, i.e., biogenic 60.4%. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recoverable metals in the waste (excluding very small or very thin components): 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%; laminate material: 18%; laminated packaging, such as drink 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 produces 1.85E-04 kWh of electricity and 6.68E-01 MJ of useful heat.