Sustainable Packaging & EPR Compliance worked example

Packaging Waste Fee at 92% share of waste in the chargeable stream: a worked example

Push share of waste in the chargeable stream up to 92% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. A waste or compliance manager forecasting end-of-life packaging fees and quantifying the upside of higher recycling diversion.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Packaging waste generated: 60 tonnes (unchanged)
  • Disposal or recovery gate fee: 145 $/tonne (unchanged)
  • Share of waste in the chargeable stream: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
  • Collection and reporting charge: 1,500 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Total waste fee = waste tonnage x gate fee x chargeable% + collection charge) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 9,504 $ for total packaging waste fee cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 158 $ / piece for packaging waste fee cost per unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8,004 $ for variable packaging waste fee cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,500 $ for fixed packaging waste fee adder.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where share of waste in the chargeable stream sits at 80% and the headline result is 8,460 $, this scenario comes in 12.34% above the baseline at 9,504 $.
  • It computes the total packaging waste fee (variable gate-fee cost on the chargeable share plus a fixed collection and reporting charge) and the resulting fee per tonne handled. 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 waste fee cost: 9,504 $ (headline result)
  • Packaging waste fee cost per unit: 158 $ / piece
  • Variable packaging waste fee cost: 8,004 $
  • Fixed packaging waste fee adder: 1,500 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.