Industrial Packaging Materials Manufacturing worked example

EPR Fee Estimate at 61% covered material share: a worked example in industrial packaging materials manufacturing

Suppose covered material share falls to 61%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate your Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fee obligation based on packaging weight placed on market, fee rate per kg, covered material share, and fixed compliance costs.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Packaging weight placed on market: 50,000 kg (held at the documented default)
  • EPR fee rate per kg: 0.35 $ / kg (held at the documented default)
  • Covered material share: 61 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 85)
  • Fixed compliance costs: 3,500 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Variable EPR fee = packaging weight x fee rate per kg x (covered share / 100).
  • Total EPR obligation works out to 14,175 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • EPR cost per kg placed on market works out to 0.28 $ / piece at these inputs.
  • Variable EPR fee works out to 10,675 $ at these inputs.
  • Fixed compliance costs works out to 3,500 $ at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where covered material share sits at 85% and the headline result is 18,375 $, this scenario comes in 22.86% below the baseline at 14,175 $.
  • It multiplies packaging weight by the fee rate and the covered material share to get the variable fee, then adds fixed compliance costs for the total obligation. 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 obligation: 14,175 $ (headline result)
  • EPR cost per kg placed on market: 0.28 $ / piece
  • Variable EPR fee: 10,675 $
  • Fixed compliance costs: 3,500 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.