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 plastic, paper, or cardboard. The characteristics of urban solid waste in Linyi City, Shandong Province are as follows: kitchen waste accounts for 46.04%, paper accounts for 15.3%, rubber accounts for 19.62%, textile (fiber) accounts for 4.81%, wood bamboo accounts for 4.75%, ash soil accounts for 5.31%, bricks tiles ceramics account for 0%, glass accounts for 3.48%, metal accounts for 0.69%, other accounts for 0%. Moisture content 57. 98%, higher heating value 7587.04 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5679.24 kJ/kg. The carbon share from the initial waste, i.e., 60.4% of biogenic origin. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recoverable metals in the waste (excluding very small or very thin components) is Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. The overall degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. The degradability of the waste fraction composition: 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 produce 1.85E-04 kWh of electricity and 6.68E-01 MJ of useful heat.