Glass Container & Bottle Manufacturing worked example
Culled Glass Cost at 72% culled cost capture share: a worked example
Suppose culled cost capture 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 the cost of culled, broken, rejected, or scrapped glass containers using culled container count, cost per container, cost scope, and fixed handling cost.
The inputs for this scenario
- Culled or broken containers: 1,850 containers (held at the documented default)
- Cost per culled container: 0.32 $ / container (held at the documented default)
- Culled cost capture share: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
- Fixed cull handling cost: 450 $ (held at the documented default)
Working through the calculation
- The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Variable culled glass cost = culled or broken containers × cost per culled container × culled cost capture share.
- Total culled glass cost works out to 876 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
- Culled cost per lost container works out to 0.47 $ / piece at these inputs.
- Variable culled glass cost works out to 426 $ at these inputs.
- Fixed cull handling cost works out to 450 $ at these inputs.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where culled cost capture share sits at 100% and the headline result is 1,042 $, this scenario comes in 15.91% below the baseline at 876 $.
- It computes the total cost of culled and broken containers, combining a variable per-container cost adjusted by a recovery share with a fixed handling cost. 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 culled glass cost: 876 $ (headline result)
- Culled cost per lost container: 0.47 $ / piece
- Variable culled glass cost: 426 $
- Fixed cull handling cost: 450 $
Run it with your numbers
- To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Culled Glass Cost calculator, set culled cost capture share to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.