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 Haikou City, Hainan Province are as follows: kitchen waste 58.42%, paper 6.44%, rubber 11.93%, textile (fiber) 0.89%, wood and bamboo 1.6%, ash and soil 0%, brick, tile and ceramics 12.92%, glass 0.53%, metal 0.68%, others 6.47%. Moisture 55. 81%, higher heating value 5556.5 kJ/kg, lower heating value 3706.33 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction of the initial waste, that is, from biogenic sources is 60.4%. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recoverable metals in the waste (excluding very small or very thin components): Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. Overall degradation rate of the waste over 100 years: 18.73%. Degradability of the components constituting the waste: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as beverage 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 1.59E-04 kWh of power and 5.73E-01 MJ of useful heat.