Sustainable Packaging & EPR Compliance worked example

EPR Fee Estimate at 98% fee-liable share of tonnage: a worked example in sustainable packaging & epr compliance

This scenario runs the epr fee estimate calculation on the strong side: 98% fee-liable share of tonnage, with every other input held at its documented default. A packaging or compliance lead forecasting annual EPR liability across material categories before submitting tonnage declarations.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Packaging placed on market: 120 tonnes (unchanged)
  • Producer responsibility fee rate: 380 $/tonne (unchanged)
  • Fee-liable share of tonnage: 98 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 85)
  • Scheme registration and audit fee: 2,500 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Total EPR fee = tonnage x fee per tonne x liable% + registration charge) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 47,188 $ for total epr fee estimate cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 393 $ / piece for epr fee estimate cost per unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 44,688 $ for variable epr fee estimate cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 2,500 $ for fixed epr fee estimate adder.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where fee-liable share of tonnage sits at 85% and the headline result is 41,260 $, this scenario comes in 14.37% above the baseline at 47,188 $.
  • Use it during annual EPR budgeting, packaging redesign business cases, and when a scheme publishes new modulated fee rates. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Total epr fee estimate cost: 47,188 $ (headline result)
  • Epr fee estimate cost per unit: 393 $ / piece
  • Variable epr fee estimate cost: 44,688 $
  • Fixed epr fee estimate adder: 2,500 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.