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. It is not suitable to represent any single specific waste, such as plastics, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of urban solid waste in Xuancheng City, Anhui Province are as follows: food waste 35.13%, paper 27.62%, rubber 27.5%, textile (fiber) 1.29%, wood bamboo 4.21%, ash soil 0%, brick tiles ceramics 0%, glass 3.24%, metal 1.01%, others 0%. Moisture 50. 41%, higher heating value 8963.71 kJ/kg, lower heating value 7035.1 kJ/kg. The carbon share from initial waste, that is, the biogenic share is 60.4%. 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%. Degradability of the components that make up the waste: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32. 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as drink 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 produced 2.23E-04 kWh of electricity and 8.04E-01 MJ of useful heat.