Sustainable Packaging & EPR Compliance worked example

EPR Fee Estimate at 61% fee-liable share of tonnage: a worked example in sustainable packaging & epr compliance

Suppose fee-liable share of tonnage 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 the extended producer responsibility fee owed on packaging placed on the market under an EPR compliance scheme.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Packaging placed on market: 120 tonnes (held at the documented default)
  • Producer responsibility fee rate: 380 $/tonne (held at the documented default)
  • Fee-liable share of tonnage: 61 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 85)
  • Scheme registration and audit fee: 2,500 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Total EPR fee = tonnage x fee per tonne x liable% + registration charge.
  • Total epr fee estimate cost works out to 30,316 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Epr fee estimate cost per unit works out to 253 $ / piece at these inputs.
  • Variable epr fee estimate cost works out to 27,816 $ at these inputs.
  • Fixed epr fee estimate adder works out to 2,500 $ at these inputs.

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 26.52% below the baseline at 30,316 $.
  • It calculates total EPR liability by multiplying tonnage, fee rate and liable share, adding a fixed scheme charge, then dividing by tonnage for an effective cost per tonne. 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 fee estimate cost: 30,316 $ (headline result)
  • Epr fee estimate cost per unit: 253 $ / piece
  • Variable epr fee estimate cost: 27,816 $
  • Fixed epr fee estimate adder: 2,500 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.