# Activated carbon and Waste and recycling

Waste and recycling depends on activated carbon.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/activated-carbon-and-waste-and-recycling/

[Activated carbon](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/activated_carbon/) (chemical) and [Waste and recycling](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/waste_recycling/) (industry): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Activated carbon → Waste and recycling*

1 of the enterprise types in Waste and recycling depend on activated carbon; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

- **1** enterprise types depend on it
- **3 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Waste-to-energy, compost and biogas operators: dioxin and mercury capture (criticality 3 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.