The dataset represents the waste management activity of \"municipal solid waste\" in a sanitary landfill. Recommended usage of this dataset: For use with 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 Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province are as follows: 55.73% food waste, 15.71% paper, 17.98% rubber, 5.29% textiles (fibers), 2.54% wood and bamboo, 0% ash and soil, 0% bricks, tiles, ceramics, 2.36% glass, 0.4% metals, and 0% other. Moisture content 64. 6%, higher heating value 7409.11 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5419.33 kJ/kg. The carbon share from the initial waste, that is, from biogenic sources is 60.4%. The unoxidized and largely recoverable metal proportion 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 components constituting the waste: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32% 4% plastics: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as drink cartons: 18%; composite goods, 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 generated 1.96E-04 kWh of electricity and 7.07E-01 MJ of useful heat.