# Steel and Waste and recycling

Waste and recycling depends on steel.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/steel-and-waste-and-recycling/

[Steel](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/steel/) (commodity) and [Waste and recycling](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/waste_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.