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. Not suitable to represent any single specific waste such as plastic, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of municipal solid waste in Hechi City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are as follows: 27.51% food waste, 14.15% paper, 17.68% rubber, 5.03% textile (fiber), 6.03% wood/bamboo, 10.27% ash soil, 0% brick/tile/ceramics, 8.78% glass, 10.56% metals, 0% others. Moisture 41. 24%, higher heating value 6158.4 kJ/kg, lower heating value 4601.5 kJ/kg. The carbon share from the initial waste, namely biogenic, is 60.4%. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recoverable metals in the waste (excluding very small or very thin parts): Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. Overall degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. The degradability of the waste constituents: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastics: 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 1.73E-04 kWh of electricity and 6.23E-01 MJ of useful heat.