Sustainable Packaging & EPR Compliance worked example

Packaging Regulation Impact at 92% regulation coverage of portfolio: a worked example

Push regulation coverage of portfolio up to 92% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. A packaging program manager quantifying the cost of bringing a SKU portfolio into compliance with new EPR rules.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Affected SKUs in portfolio: 180 SKUs (unchanged)
  • Compliance cost per SKU: 950 $/SKU (unchanged)
  • Regulation coverage of portfolio: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
  • EPR program setup cost: 25,000 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Regulation impact = affected SKUs x compliance cost per SKU x regulation coverage + program setup cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 182,320 $ for total packaging regulation impact cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,013 $ / piece for packaging regulation impact cost per unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 157,320 $ for variable packaging regulation impact cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 25,000 $ for fixed packaging regulation impact adder.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where regulation coverage of portfolio sits at 80% and the headline result is 161,800 $, this scenario comes in 12.68% above the baseline at 182,320 $.
  • It computes the total dollar impact of a packaging regulation as variable per-SKU compliance cost across covered SKUs plus a one-time program setup cost, and derives the blended cost per affected SKU. 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

  • Total packaging regulation impact cost: 182,320 $ (headline result)
  • Packaging regulation impact cost per unit: 1,013 $ / piece
  • Variable packaging regulation impact cost: 157,320 $
  • Fixed packaging regulation impact adder: 25,000 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.