The dataset represents the waste disposal activities of \"municipal solid waste\" in a sanitary landfill. The recommended use for 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 Pu'er City, Yunnan Province are as follows: kitchen waste 47.27%, paper 10.34%, rubber 16.14%, textile (fiber) 9.27%, wood bamboo 5.61%, ash soil 0%, brick tile ceramics 1.06%, glass 8.91%, metal 1.4%, other 0%. Moisture content is 50% 84%, higher heating value 6682.44 kJ/kg, lower heating value 4858.98 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction of the initial waste, that is, of biological origin 60.4%. The proportion 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%. Total degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. The degradability of the component parts of the waste: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32% 4% plastics: 1%; laminates: 18%; laminated packaging, such as beverage cartons: 18%; composite products, 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 produces 2.10E-04 kWh of electricity and 7.55E-01 MJ of useful heat.