The dataset represents the waste management activities 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 Alashan League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are as follows: food waste 36.11%, paper 19.41%, rubber 14.35%, textile (fiber) 5.73%, wood/bamboo 3.87%, ash soil 10.56%, bricks/tiles/ceramics 2.11%, glass 2.89%, metal 2.64%, and other 2. 35%. Moisture content 46.41%, higher heating value 7088.35 kJ/kg, lower heating value 5320.43 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction of the initial waste, which is from biogenic sources, is 60.4%. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recoverable metal in the waste (excluding very small or very thin parts): Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. General degradation rate of waste over 100 years: 18.73%. Degradability of the waste composition: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32% 4% plastic: 1%; laminated material: 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 generates 9.39E-05 kWh of electricity and 3.38E-01 MJ of useful heat.