The dataset represents the waste management activity of \"municipal solid waste\" in a sanitary landfill. 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, cardboard. The characteristics of urban solid waste in Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, are as follows: kitchen 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%, metal 2.64%, and others 2. 35% moisture 46.41%, higher heating value 7088.35 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5320.43 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction of initial waste, i.e., 60.4% from biogenic sources. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recyclable metals in the waste (excluding very small or very thin components) Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. Overall degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. Degradability of the waste fraction: 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 generates 9.39E-05 kWh of electricity and 3.38E-01 MJ of useful heat.