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 Hotan Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, are as follows: food waste 26.39%, paper 20.57%, rubber 19.72%, textile (fibers) 6.57%, wood and bamboo 0%, ash and soil 8%, brick and ceramic 5%, glass 0.08%, metal 0.74%, other 14.2%. Moisture content 46. 41%, higher heating value 8241.88 kJ/kg, lower heating value 6512.99 kJ/kg. The carbon share of initial waste, i.e., 60.4% from biogenic sources. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recoverable metals in the waste (excluding extremely small or very thin components): Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. Overall degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. Degradability of the components making up the waste: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as drink 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 8.48E-05 kWh of electricity and 3.05E-01 MJ of useful heat.