# Plastic and rubber products and Silica sand

Plastic and rubber products depends on silica sand.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/plastic-and-rubber-products-and-silica-sand/

[Plastic and rubber products](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/plastic_rubber/) (industry) and [Silica sand](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/industrial_sand/) (commodity): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Silica sand → Plastic and rubber products*

2 of the enterprise types in Plastic and rubber products depend on silica sand; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

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

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Synthetic rubber, carbon black and rubber-chemical makers: silica filler (criticality 3 of 5)
- Compounders and masterbatch makers: glass fibre (criticality 2 of 5)

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