The dataset represents the waste treatment 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 urban solid waste in Luzhou City, Sichuan Province are as follows: food waste 59.6%, paper 10.3%, rubber 16.8%, textile (fiber) 1.8%, wood and bamboo 2.87%, ash and soil 5.5%, brick, tile and ceramics 0%, glass 1.6%, metal 1.53%, other 0%. Moisture content 56.21%, higher heating value 6464. 02 kJ/kg, lower calorific value 4508.54 kJ/kg. The initial carbon fraction of waste, that is, 60.4% being of biogenic origin. 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%. Overall degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. The degradability composition of waste: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32% 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as beverage cartons: 18%; composite goods, 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 generated 2.03E-04 kWh of electricity and 7.32E-01 MJ of useful heat.