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 plastics, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of urban solid waste in Tongren city, Guizhou province are as follows: food waste 62.57%, paper 10.28%, rubber 9.84%, textile (fiber) 0.51%, wood and bamboo 7.02%, ash and soil 0.68%, bricks, tiles and ceramics 2.36%, glass 0.37%, metal 2.24%, other 4.12%. Moisture 66. 28%, higher heating value 5643.45 kJ/kg, lower heating value 3721.97 kJ/kg. The carbon share from the initial waste, i.e., 60.4% of which is biogenic. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recoverable metals in the waste (excluding extremely small or extremely thin components): Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. The overall 100-year degradation rate of waste: 18.73%. The degradability of the waste composition: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32% 4% plastics: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as drink 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 1.92E-04 kWh of electricity and 6.93E-01 MJ of useful heat.