The dataset represents the waste management activity of \"municipal solid waste\" in a sanitary landfill. The recommended use of this dataset: for the average municipal/public waste mixture. Not suitable to represent any single specific waste, such as plastics, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of urban solid waste in Quanzhou City, Fujian province are as follows: 26.55% food waste, 22.66% paper, 0% rubber, 3.76% textiles (fibers), 6.21% wood and bamboo, 8.54% ash and soil, 0% brick, tile, and ceramics, 7.02% glass, 1.75% metals, 23.49% other. Moisture content 42% 02%, higher heating value 5356.74 kJ/kg, lower heating value 3927.13 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction of the initial waste, that is, 60.4% biogenic. 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%. Overall degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. The degradability of the waste fraction: paper: 27%; mixed cardboard: 32. 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as beverage cartons: 18%; composite products, 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 1.33E-04 kWh of electricity and 4.78E-01 MJ of useful heat.