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 Jining City, Shandong Province are as follows: kitchen waste 46.04%, paper 15.3%, rubber 19.62%, textile (fiber) 4.81%, wood and bamboo 4.75%, ash and soil 5.31%, bricks and tiles ceramics 0%, glass 3.48%, metal 0.69%, other 0%. Moisture 57. 98%, higher heating value 7587.04 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5679.24 kJ/kg. The carbon share of the initial waste, which is from biological sources, is 60.4%. The ratio of unoxidized and largely recoverable metals in the waste (excluding very 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 waste fraction: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastic: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as beverage 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 1.85E-04 kWh of electricity and 6.68E-01 MJ of useful heat.