# Lead and Waste and recycling

Waste and recycling depends on lead.

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

[Lead](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/lead/) (commodity) and [Waste and recycling](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/waste_recycling/) (industry): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Lead → Waste and recycling*

2 of the enterprise types in Waste and recycling depend on lead; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

- **2** enterprise types depend on it
- **4 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Battery and e-waste recyclers: lead-acid batteries (criticality 4 of 5)
- Scrap-metal processors and traders: battery scrap (criticality 3 of 5)

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