# Paper and packaging and Water

Paper and packaging depends on water.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/paper-and-packaging-and-water/

[Paper and packaging](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/paper_packaging/) (industry) and [Water](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/water/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Water → Paper and packaging*

4 of the enterprise types in Paper and packaging depend on water; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

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

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Market pulp producers: cooking and washing (criticality 4 of 5)
- Plantation and farm-forestry pulpwood growers: plantation growth (criticality 3 of 5)
- Integrated virgin-fibre paper and paperboard mills: papermaking (criticality 3 of 5)
- Recycled kraft, containerboard and duplex mills: pulping (criticality 2 of 5)

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