Municipal Waste Sorting Equipment worked example

Quote Margin with quoted gate or processing revenue per ton of 210 $ / ton: a worked example in municipal waste sorting equipment

What does the result look like when quoted gate or processing revenue per ton reaches 210 $ / ton? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when pricing a municipal processing contract or a transfer station deal and you need a clean per-ton margin before sending the quote.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Quoted gate or processing revenue per ton: 210 $ / ton (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 85)
  • Required processing cost per ton: 62 $ / ton (unchanged)
  • Reference revenue per ton for margin base: 85 $ / ton (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Quote margin amount = quoted revenue per ton - required cost per ton) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 174 % for quote margin, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 148 value for quote margin amount.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 210 value for quoted revenue per ton.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 62 value for required cost per ton.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where quoted gate or processing revenue per ton sits at 85 $ / ton and the headline result is 27.06 %, this scenario comes in 543% above the baseline at 174 %.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when quoted gate or processing revenue per ton is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It is a per-ton snapshot; it does not weight by tonnage mix or account for commodity price swings that move the real revenue per ton month to month.

Results at a glance

  • Quote margin: 174 % (headline result)
  • Quote margin amount: 148 value
  • Quoted revenue per ton: 210 value
  • Required cost per ton: 62 value

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Quote Margin calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.