Material Insights · Understanding the Material World

Waste and recycling and Water and sanitation

Water and sanitation buys from Waste and recycling; waste and recycling buys from Water and sanitation; water and sanitation depends on waste and recycling; waste and recycling depends on water and sanitation.

Waste and recycling (industry) and Water and sanitation (industry): 4 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹14.2 per ₹100 · Water and sanitation buys from Waste and recycling

Water and sanitation buys goods or services from Waste and recycling; counted through every round of supply, ₹14.2 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹14.2 of every ₹100 of Water and sanitation output, all rounds
  • ₹12.2 bought directly

2. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹14.2 per ₹100 · Waste and recycling buys from Water and sanitation

Waste and recycling buys goods or services from Water and sanitation; counted through every round of supply, ₹14.2 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹14.2 of every ₹100 of Waste and recycling output, all rounds
  • ₹12.2 bought directly

3. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Waste and recycling → Water and sanitation

1 of the enterprise types in Water and sanitation depend on waste and recycling.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Sewerage and sewage-treatment plant operators: sludge disposal and composting (criticality 4 of 5)

4. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Water and sanitation → Waste and recycling

1 of the enterprise types in Waste and recycling depend on water and sanitation.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Engineered landfill and hazardous-waste (TSDF) operators: leachate disposal (criticality 4 of 5)

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