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Waste and recycling and Water

Waste and recycling depends on water.

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

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 2 of 5 · Water → Waste and recycling

1 of the enterprise types in Waste and recycling depend on water; 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: washing and pulping (criticality 2 of 5)

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