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 municipal solid waste in Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, are as follows: food waste 36.11%, paper 19.41%, rubber 14.35%, textile (fiber) 5.73%, wood and bamboo 3.87%, ash and soil 10.56%, bricks, tiles, and ceramics 2.11%, glass 2.89%, metals 2.64%, and others 2%. 35%. Moisture content 46.41%, higher heating value 7088.35 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5320.43 kJ/kg. The initial carbon fraction in the waste, i.e., 60.4% of the biogenic carbon. The unoxidized and largely recoverable metal proportions in the waste (excluding very small or very thin components): Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. General degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. Degradability composition of the waste fraction: 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 generated 9.39E-05 kWh of electricity and 3.38E-01 MJ of useful heat.