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Software and IT services and Waste and recycling

Waste and recycling buys from Software and IT services; waste and recycling depends on software and IT services.

Software and IT services (industry) and Waste and recycling (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹2.1 per ₹100 · Waste and recycling buys from Software and IT services

Waste and recycling buys goods or services from Software and IT services; counted through every round of supply, ₹2.1 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹2.1 of every ₹100 of Waste and recycling output, all rounds
  • ₹0.9 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Software and IT services → Waste and recycling

2 of the enterprise types in Waste and recycling depend on software and IT services.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Pollution regulators and EPR platforms: EPR portals (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Waste collection and haulage contractors: route and fleet tracking (criticality 2 of 5)

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