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 Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, are as follows: food waste 38.6%, paper 9.3%, rubber 10.1%, textile (fiber) 1.4%, wood and bamboo 7.4%, ash and soil 0%, brick, tiles and ceramics 23.3%, glass 6.5%, metal 3.4%, other 0%. Moisture content is 46.1%, and higher calorific value of 5445. 04 kJ/kg, lower calorific value 3802.42 kJ/kg. The carbon share of initial waste, that is, the biogenic share, is 60.4%. The proportion of unoxidized and largely recoverable metals in the waste (excluding extremely small or very thin components) is: iron: 60.03%; aluminum: 17.81%; copper: 72.83%. The overall degradation rate of waste in 100 years: 18.73%. The degradability of the waste components: paper: 27%; mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastics: 1%; laminates: 18%; laminate 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 generate 1.48E-04 kWh of electricity and 5.35E-01 MJ of useful heat.