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, or cardboard. The characteristics of urban solid waste in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, are as follows: 55.3% food waste, 1.5% paper, 4.5% rubber, 0% textiles (fiber), 8.3% wood and bamboo, 0% ash and soil, 27.3% bricks, tiles, and ceramics, 2% glass, 1.1% metal, and 0% other. Moisture content is 53.5%, and the higher calorific value of 4550. 7 kJ/kg, lower heating value 2783.55 kJ/kg. The carbon share from biomass in the initial waste 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%. Overall degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. The degradation rate of the composition of waste: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32% 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as drink cartons: 18%; combined 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 produce 1.29E-04 kWh of electricity and 4.63E-01 MJ of useful heat.