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 urban solid waste in Changde City, Hunan Province are as follows: food waste 25.71%, paper 18.27%, rubber 22.26%, textile (fiber) 11.24%, wood/bamboo 2.33%, ash and soil 11.16%, bricks/tiles/ceramics 1.77%, glass 2.37%, metals 2.03%, others 2.86%. Moisture content 52. 39%, higher heating value 8525.15 kJ/kg, lower heating value 6747.63 kJ/kg. The carbon fraction of initial waste is 60.4% from biogenic sources. The proportion of non-oxidized and largely recoverable metals in the waste (excluding very small or very thin components) are: Iron: 60.03%; Aluminum: 17.81%; Copper: 72.83%. The overall degradation rate of waste in 100 years is: 18.73%. The degradability of the waste fraction is composed as: Paper: 27%; Mixed cardboard: 32%. 4% plastics: 1%; laminated materials: 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 generate 2.03E-04 kWh of electricity and 7.33E-01 MJ of useful heat.