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 plastic, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of urban solid waste in Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province are as follows: food waste 50.65%, paper 13.98%, rubber 17.04%, textiles (fibers) 5.16%, wood and bamboo 6.68%, ash and soil 0%, bricks, tiles, and ceramics 0.32%, glass 4.02%, metals 1.26%, other 0%. Moisture content 57%. 03%, Higher Heating Value 7089.1 kJ/kg, Lower Heating Value 5179.22 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction from initial waste, i.e., 60.4% biogenic origin. The percentage of non-oxidized and largely recoverable metals in the waste (excluding very small or very thin parts): Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. Overall 100-year degradation rate of waste: 18.73%. Degradability of the waste fraction: Paper: 27%; Corrugated Cardboard: 32%. 4% plastic: 1%; laminated material: 18%; laminated packaging, such as drink 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 generate 2.26E-04 kWh of electricity and 8.13E-01 MJ of useful heat.