The dataset represents the waste management activity of \"municipal solid waste\" in a sanitary landfill. The recommended use of this dataset is for average municipal/public waste mixtures. It is not suitable to represent any single specific waste such as plastic, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of municipal solid waste in Dongying 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%, brick and tile ceramics 0%, glass 3.48%, metal 0.69%, other 0%. Moisture 57. 98%, higher heating value 7587.04 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5679.24 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction of initial waste, i.e., 60.4% biogenic. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recoverable metal in the waste (excluding very small or very thin components): Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. Overall degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. Degradability of waste fractions: Paper: 27%; Mixed Cardboard: 32%. 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as beverage cartons: 18%; composite products, 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 generate 1.85E-04 kWh of electricity and 6.68E-01 MJ of useful heat.