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 urban solid waste in Baoding City, Hebei Province are as follows: food waste 44.56%, paper 13.06%, rubber 11.11%, textile (fiber) 0.24%, wood bamboo 28.07%, ash soil 0%, brick tile ceramics 0.76%, glass 1.79%, metal 0.42%, other 0%. Moisture content 53% 96%, higher heating value 7715.05 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5778.27 kJ/kg. The carbon share from initial waste, that is, of biological origin 60.4%. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recoverable metals in the waste (excluding extremely small or extremely thin components): Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. 100-year overall degradation rate of waste: 18.73%. Degradability of the composition of waste fractions: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32. 4% plastics: 1%; laminates: 18%; laminated packaging, such as beverage cartons: 18%; composite products, 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 2.10E-04 kWh of electricity and 7.55E-01 MJ of useful heat.