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 Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province are as follows: food 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%, metals 0.54%, other 0.5%. Moisture 55. 81%, Higher Heating Value (HHV) 6553.39 kJ/kg, Lower Heating Value (LHV) 4742.84 kJ/kg. The carbon share from initial waste, that is, biomass origin accounts for 60.4%. 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 fractions: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as beverage cartons: 18%; composite goods, 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 generate 1.44E-04 kWh of electricity and 5.18E-01 MJ of useful heat.