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 mix. It is not suitable to represent any single specific waste, such as plastics, paper, or cardboard. The characteristics of municipal solid waste in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, are as follows: kitchen waste 36.11%, paper 19.41%, rubber 14.35%, textile (fiber) 5.73%, wood and bamboo 3.87%, ash and soil 10.56%, brick, tile, and ceramics 2.11%, glass 2.89%, metal 2.64%, and other 2%. 35%. Moisture 46.41%, Higher Heating Value 7088.35kJ/kg, Lower Heating Value 5320.43kJ/kg. The carbon share originating from initial waste, i.e., from biogenic sources is 60.4%. The unoxidized and largely recoverable metal ratios 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%. The degradability of materials composing the waste part: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as beverage 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 produced 9.39E-05 kWh of electricity and 3.38E-01 MJ of useful heat.