Survey data for assessing the socio-economic performance of End of Life options of a bio-based product based on expert knowledge

Idiano D'Adamo; Pasquale Marcello Falcone; Enrica Imbert; Piergiuseppe Morone

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.106199

Survey data for assessing the socio-economic performance of End of Life options of a bio-based product based on expert knowledge

Data Brief. 2020 Aug 20:32:106199. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106199. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Authors

Idiano D'Adamo^{1

2}, Pasquale Marcello Falcone^{1

3}, Enrica Imbert¹, Piergiuseppe Morone¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Law and Economics, Unitelma Sapienza - University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena 295, 00161, Roma, Italy.
² Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Ariosto 25, 00185, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Business and Economics - University of Naples Parthenope, Via Generale Parisi 13, 80132 Napoli, Italy.

Abstract

This data article aims at providing a data description about the manuscript entitled "A socio-economic indicator for EoL strategies for bio-based products" [1]. Data regarding the socio-economic assessment of End of Life (EoL) options for the specific case of PLA-based film for food packaging are presented, with a special emphasis on policy recommendations and actions for the EoL practices in the bioeconomy sectors. A new framework, based on data gathering and validation through experts involvement, is proposed in order to calculate a new indicator to measure the socio-economic performance of EoL practices (SEI-EoL) for bio-based products. Experts were identified from the Horizon 2020 LIFE-funded projects and/or Scopus databases. Two rounds of survey were carried out to determine the weights of socio-economic criteria for bio-based products and the values for the selected case study. The aggregation of these data enabled us to obtain a final ranking of different EoL alternatives. Finally, a third round of survey was conducted to further deepen our understanding of actions and recommendations needed to improve EoL practices in bio-based sectors. Resulting data have a mix of quantitative and qualitative characterization. A potential reuse of these data can allow future estimations, empirical analyses or a direct comparison with the use of experimental observations.

Keywords: Bio-based product; End of life; Multicriteria analysis; Socio-economic criteria; Survey.