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 municipal solid waste in Haizhou City, Anhui Province are as follows: kitchen waste is 43.66%, paper is 17.77%, rubber is 20.55%, textile (fiber) is 4.66%, wood/bamboo is 2.84%, ash soil is 2.4%, bricks/tiles/ceramics is 1.07%, glass is 1.66%, metal is 2.09%, and others is 3.3%. Moisture content is 58%. 03%, higher heating value 7781.59 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5894.38 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction of initial waste is 60.4% of biomass origin. The ratio 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%. 100-year overall degradation rate of waste: 18.73%. Degradability of components constituting waste: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastics: 1%; laminates: 18%; laminate packaging, such as drink cartons: 18%; combined 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 2.23E-04 kWh of electricity and 8.04E-01 MJ of useful heat.