The dataset represents the waste management activities 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 Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province are as follows: kitchen waste 45.45%, paper 9.97%, rubber 18.24%, textile (fiber) 2.26%, wood and bamboo 1.3%, ash and soil 0%, brick, tile and ceramics 17.81%, glass 2.63%, metal 0.54%, others 0.5%. Moisture 55. 81%, Higher Heating Value (HHV) 6553.39 kJ/kg, Lower Heating Value (LHV) 4742.84 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction from the biogenic sources in the initial waste is 60.4%. The ratio 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 components forming the waste: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32. 4% plastics: 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 1.44E-04 kWh of electricity and 5.18E-01 MJ of useful heat.