Sustainable Packaging & EPR Compliance worked example

Packaging Redesign Payback with packaging redesign upfront investment of 62,500 $: a worked example

Push packaging redesign upfront investment up to 62,500 $ and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when packaging redesign payback in sustainable packaging and epr compliance is being put in front of a capital committee and the savings story needs to hold up.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Packaging redesign upfront investment: 62,500 $ (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 25,000)
  • Annual savings from the redesigned pack: 18,000 $ / yr (unchanged)
  • Annual added support or running cost: 2,500 $ / yr (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Net annual packaging redesign payback savings = annual packaging redesign payback savings - annual packaging redesign payback support cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4.03 yr for packaging redesign payback payback period, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15,500 $ / yr for net annual packaging redesign payback savings.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 62,500 $ for packaging redesign payback investment.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15,000 $ for five-year net packaging redesign payback value.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where packaging redesign upfront investment sits at 25,000 $ and the headline result is 1.61 yr, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 4.03 yr.
  • It computes the payback period in years for a packaging redesign, using investment divided by net annual savings, and reports the five-year net value. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Packaging redesign payback payback period: 4.03 yr (headline result)
  • Net annual packaging redesign payback savings: 15,500 $ / yr
  • Packaging redesign payback investment: 62,500 $
  • Five-year net packaging redesign payback value: 15,000 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.