The dataset represents the waste management activities 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, or cardboard. The characteristics of municipal solid waste in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, are as follows: Food waste 76%, paper 2.4%, rubber 5.4%, textile (fiber) 4.2%, wood/bamboo 2.5%, cinder soil 0%, bricks/tiles/ceramics 6.4%, glass 2.4%, and metal 0%. 8%, and other categories 0%. Moisture content is 47%, higher calorific value of 4148.64 kJ/kg, and lower calorific value of 2183.4 kJ/kg. The initial carbon fraction of the waste, that is, the biogenic fraction is 60.4%. The unoxidized and substantially recoverable metal proportions in the waste (excluding very small or very thin components) are as follows: Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. The overall degradation rate of the waste over 100 years is 18.73%. The degradability of the components that constitute the waste is as follows: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as drink 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 8.68E-05 kWh of electricity and 3.12E-01 MJ of useful heat.