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 plastics, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of municipal solid waste in Jinan City, Shandong Province are as follows: food waste 46.04%, paper 15.3%, rubber 19.62%, textile (fiber) 4.81%, wood/bamboo 4.75%, ash/soil 5.31%, bricks/tiles/ceramics 0%, glass 3.48%, metals 0.69%, other 0%. Moisture 57. 98%, higher heating value 7587.04 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5679.24 kJ/kg. The carbon share of the initial waste, that is, the biogenic share is 60.4%. The proportion of unoxidized and 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 components of the waste: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastics: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as drink cartons: 18%; composite goods, 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 1.85E-04 kWh of electricity and 6.68E-01 MJ of useful heat.