Fees and eco-modulation
A surcharge applied to EPR fees for packaging with recognised recyclability problems, such as dark pigments or non-separable multi-material construction.
A malus is the penalty half of eco-modulation. Typical triggers are pigments that defeat optical sorting, PVC components, full-body sleeves above a coverage threshold, non-separable multi-material laminates, and adhesives that contaminate fibre streams.
Penalty rates are usually expressed as a percentage uplift on the base rate or as a per-unit surcharge. In the most aggressive schedules a malus can exceed the base fee itself, which makes a single component decision, for instance a sleeve material, financially material at portfolio scale.
Because the malus attaches to a defined design attribute, it is one of the few compliance costs a company can remove entirely through a specification change rather than a filing change.
Adjusting EPR fees up or down according to the environmental performance of the packaging, rewarding recyclable design and penalising problem formats.
A discount on EPR fees granted for verified environmental improvements such as recycled content, mono-material design or weight reduction.
Designing packaging so it can be collected, sorted and reprocessed at scale, and graded A, B or C under PPWR.
Packgine resolves your packaging to component level and applies the rules of every market you sell into.