The dataset represents the waste management activity of \"municipal solid waste\" in a sanitary landfill. Recommended use of this dataset: for average municipal/public waste mixtures. Not suitable to represent any single specific waste, such as plastics, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of municipal solid waste in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province are as follows: kitchen waste 50.65%, paper 13.98%, rubber 17.04%, textile (fiber) 5.16%, wood 6.68%, ash soil 0%, brick tile ceramic 0.32%, glass 4.02%, metal 1.26%, others 0%. Moisture content 57. 03%, higher heating value 7089.1 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5179.22 kJ/kg. The carbon share from initial waste, i.e., 60.4% of the biomass origin. The proportion of unoxidized and largely 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%. Degradability of waste fractions: Paper: 27%; Mixed Cardboard: 32%. 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as beverage 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 generated 2.26E-04 kWh of electricity and 8.13E-01 MJ of useful heat.