# Surfactants and Waste and recycling

Waste and recycling depends on surfactants.

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

[Surfactants](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/surfactants/) (chemical) and [Waste and recycling](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/waste_recycling/) (industry): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 2 of 5 · Surfactants → Waste and recycling*

1 of the enterprise types in Waste and recycling depend on surfactants; for the most dependent, it rates 2 out of 5 on criticality.

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

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Plastic, paper and glass recyclers: de-inking and washing (criticality 2 of 5)

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