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 Yingkou City, Liaoning Province are as follows: food waste 53.07%, paper 11.86%, rubber 14.77%, textiles (fibers) 7.13%, wood bamboo 9.33%, ash soil 0%, brick tiles ceramics 0%, glass 3.22%, metal 0.61%, others 0%. Moisture content is 57%. 71%, Higher Heating Value (HHV) 7299.41 kJ/kg, Lower Heating Value (LHV) 5344.98 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction of the initial waste, i.e., biogenic share is 60.4%. 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%. General degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. Degradability of the waste fractions: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastic: 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 6.99E-04 kWh of electricity and 1.94E-01 MJ of useful heat.