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. Not suitable to represent any single specific waste, such as plastics, paper, cardboard. The characteristics of urban solid waste in Sanmenxia City, Henan Province are as follows: kitchen waste 55.02%, paper 5.52%, rubber 3.97%, textile (fiber) 1.65%, wood bamboo 1.36%, cinder soil 0%, brick tile ceramics 26.67%, glass 1.56%, metal 0.59%, others 3.66%. Moisture 55. 81%, higher heating value 4509.38 kJ/kg, lower heating value 2763.77 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction from the initial waste, i.e., biogenic 60.4%. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recoverable metals in waste (excluding very small or very thin components): Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. The overall degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. The degradability of the waste fractions: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastics: 1%; laminated materials: 18%; laminated packaging, such as beverage cartons: 18%; composite 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 generate 9.83E-05 kWh of electricity and 3.54E-01 MJ of useful heat.