diff --git a/config/config.default.yaml b/config/config.default.yaml
index ee61d366a..af38830f5 100644
--- a/config/config.default.yaml
+++ b/config/config.default.yaml
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ biomass:
     - Secondary Forestry residues - woodchips
     - Sawdust
     - Residues from landscape care
-    - Municipal waste
     not included:
     - Sugar from sugar beet
     - Rape seed
@@ -379,6 +378,8 @@ biomass:
     biogas:
     - Manure solid, liquid
     - Sludge
+    municipal solid waste:
+    - Municipal waste
 
 # docs in https://pypsa-eur.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration.html#solar-thermal
 solar_thermal:
@@ -1017,6 +1018,7 @@ plotting:
     biogas: '#e3d37d'
     biomass: '#baa741'
     solid biomass: '#baa741'
+    municipal solid waste: '#91ba41'
     solid biomass transport: '#baa741'
     solid biomass for industry: '#7a6d26'
     solid biomass for industry CC: '#47411c'
diff --git a/scripts/prepare_sector_network.py b/scripts/prepare_sector_network.py
index 57d58fbb7..297574a29 100644
--- a/scripts/prepare_sector_network.py
+++ b/scripts/prepare_sector_network.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def define_spatial(nodes, options):
     # biomass
 
     spatial.biomass = SimpleNamespace()
+    spatial.msw = SimpleNamespace()
 
     if options.get("biomass_spatial", options["biomass_transport"]):
         spatial.biomass.nodes = nodes + " solid biomass"
@@ -3110,6 +3111,17 @@ def add_industry(n, costs):
             efficiency3=process_co2_per_naphtha,
         )
 
+        if options.get("biomass",True):
+            n.madd(
+                "Link",
+                spatial.msw.locations,
+                bus0=spatial.msw.nodes,
+                bus1=non_sequestered_hvc_locations,
+                carrier="municipal solid waste",
+                p_nom_extendable=True,
+                efficiency=1.,
+            )
+
         n.madd(
             "Link",
             spatial.oil.demand_locations,