Sustainable Packaging & EPR Compliance worked example

Packaging Regulation Impact at 58% regulation coverage of portfolio: a worked example

This worked example runs the packaging regulation impact numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 58% regulation coverage of portfolio instead of the typical 80%. Estimate the financial impact of a new packaging regulation across your affected product range.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Affected SKUs in portfolio: 180 SKUs (held at the documented default)
  • Compliance cost per SKU: 950 $/SKU (held at the documented default)
  • Regulation coverage of portfolio: 58 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 80)
  • EPR program setup cost: 25,000 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Regulation impact = affected SKUs x compliance cost per SKU x regulation coverage + program setup cost.
  • Total packaging regulation impact cost works out to 124,180 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Packaging regulation impact cost per unit works out to 690 $ / piece at these inputs.
  • Variable packaging regulation impact cost works out to 99,180 $ at these inputs.
  • Fixed packaging regulation impact adder works out to 25,000 $ at these inputs.

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 23.25% below the baseline at 124,180 $.
  • Use it during annual budgeting or when a new EPR mandate is announced, to size compliance spend before committing to packaging redesigns or producer responsibility organization (PRO) fees. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Total packaging regulation impact cost: 124,180 $ (headline result)
  • Packaging regulation impact cost per unit: 690 $ / piece
  • Variable packaging regulation impact cost: 99,180 $
  • Fixed packaging regulation impact adder: 25,000 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Packaging Regulation Impact calculator, set regulation coverage of portfolio to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.