# Plastic and rubber products and Water and sanitation

Water and sanitation buys from Plastic and rubber products; water and sanitation depends on plastic and rubber products.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/plastic-and-rubber-products-and-water-and-sanitation/

[Plastic and rubber products](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/plastic_rubber/) (industry) and [Water and sanitation](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/water_sanitation/) (industry): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Buys from

*Physical flow · ₹2.2 per ₹100 · Water and sanitation buys from Plastic and rubber products*

Water and sanitation buys goods or services from Plastic and rubber products; counted through every round of supply, ₹2.2 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

- **₹2.2** of every ₹100 of Water and sanitation output, all rounds
- **₹1.1** bought directly

### 2. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Plastic and rubber products → Water and sanitation*

2 of the enterprise types in Water and sanitation depend on plastic and rubber products.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Membrane and treatment-technology suppliers: pressure vessels and housings (criticality 4 of 5)
- Pipe manufacturers (ductile iron, steel, PVC and HDPE): plastic pipe and rubber gaskets (criticality 3 of 5)

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