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 Bazhong City, Sichuan Province are as follows: kitchen waste 50.09%, paper 15.54%, rubber 12.63%, textile (fiber) 2.34%, wood bamboo 7.78%, ash soil 0.32%, bricks tiles ceramics 1.42%, glass 0.09%, metal 0.8%, other 0%. Moisture 64. 86%, higher heating value 5930.68 kJ/kg, lower heating value 4117.5 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction of the initial waste, i.e., from biogenic sources 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%. 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 drink cartons: 18%; composite products, 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 generates 2.09E-04 kWh of electricity and 7.51E-01 MJ of useful heat.