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. It is not suitable to represent any single specific waste, such as plastics, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of municipal solid waste in Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province are as follows: kitchen waste 43.66%, paper 17.77%, rubber 20.55%, textile (fiber) 4.66%, wood bamboo 2.84%, ash soil 2.4%, brick tile ceramics 1.07%, glass 1.66%, metal 2.09%, others 3.3%. Moisture 58. 03%, higher heating value 7781.59 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5894.38 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction of initial waste, that is, biomass origin 60.4%. The proportion of unoxidized and substantially recoverable metals in the waste (excluding very small or very thin parts) is Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. The overall degradation rate of waste in 100 years: 18.73%. The degradability of the waste component: paper: 27%; mixed cardboard: 32% 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as drink 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 generate 2.23E-04 kWh of electricity and 8.04E-01 MJ of useful heat.