Sustainable Packaging & EPR Compliance worked example

Packaging Recycled Content at 68% recycled-content target: a worked example

Suppose recycled-content target falls to 68%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate packaging recycled content for sustainable packaging and epr compliance using production-ready inputs so teams can track KPI performance and decide whether corrective action is needed.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Recycled-content units in sample: 8 count (held at the documented default)
  • Total packaging units sampled: 250 count (held at the documented default)
  • Recycled-content target: 68 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 95)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Packaging recycled content rate = packaging recycled content count ÷ total packaging recycled content population × 100.
  • Packaging recycled content rate works out to 3.2 % at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Packaging recycled content gap to target works out to 64.8 points at these inputs.
  • Packaging recycled content count works out to 8 count at these inputs.
  • Total packaging recycled content population works out to 250 count at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where recycled-content target sits at 95% and the headline result is 3.2 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 3.2 %.
  • It divides recycled-content units by the total sampled population to give a recycled content percentage and the point gap to your target. 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

  • Packaging recycled content rate: 3.2 % (headline result)
  • Packaging recycled content gap to target: 64.8 points
  • Packaging recycled content count: 8 count
  • Total packaging recycled content population: 250 count

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Packaging Recycled Content calculator, set recycled-content target to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.