Environmental Compliance, Waste & Water Management worked example

EPR Packaging Cost at 72% covered market share: a worked example

Suppose covered market share falls to 72%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate epr packaging cost from reportable packaging weight, epr fee rate, applicable share, and fixed environmental fees.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Reportable packaging weight: 145 tons (held at the documented default)
  • EPR fee rate: 82 $ / ton (held at the documented default)
  • Covered market share: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
  • Registration, reporting, and data fees: 3,500 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Variable cost = reportable packaging weight × epr fee rate × covered market share.
  • Total EPR packaging cost works out to 12,061 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • EPR packaging cost per ton works out to 83.18 $ / ton at these inputs.
  • Variable EPR packaging cost works out to 8,561 $ at these inputs.
  • Registration, reporting, and data fees works out to 3,500 $ at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where covered market share sits at 100% and the headline result is 15,390 $, this scenario comes in 21.63% below the baseline at 12,061 $.
  • It computes the total annual EPR packaging cost by multiplying reportable packaging tonnage by the blended per-ton eco-fee rate and covered market share, then adding registration, reporting, and data fees. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Total EPR packaging cost: 12,061 $ (headline result)
  • EPR packaging cost per ton: 83.18 $ / ton
  • Variable EPR packaging cost: 8,561 $
  • Registration, reporting, and data fees: 3,500 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live EPR Packaging Cost calculator, set covered market share to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.