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Steel and Waste and recycling

Waste and recycling depends on steel.

Steel (commodity) and Waste and recycling (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Steel → Waste and recycling

3 of the enterprise types in Waste and recycling depend on steel; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 3 enterprise types depend on it
  • 3 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Scrap-metal processors and traders: ferrous scrap (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Sorting, shredding and recycling-equipment makers: machine frames and wear parts (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Waste collection and haulage contractors: bins and truck bodies (criticality 2 of 5)

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