Labels packaging EPR British Columbia: what a paper label costs per 1,000 packs, 2027

What this page estimates for a paper label in British Columbia

The paper label on this page is a paper label that is stuck on the product or its pack. It has one component, each matched to the published rates of the 2027 schedule of Recycle BC for British Columbia; weight times rate gives a fee per 1,000 packs in CAD. The figures are estimates built on starting weights.

What is in a paper label

The label is one paper component. Adhesive and backing liner are part of the same weighed unit in the starting estimate.

Starting weights, an Instica estimate for a typical pack and not a measured weight: label (paper, 2 g).

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paper, 2 g (Instica starting estimate)

Worked example: 1,000 paper labels in British Columbia

One paper label of the Paper label size weighs 2 g in total. For each component the table gives its weight, the matched published rates, and the fee for 1,000 packs.

Added together, the estimate for 1,000 packs is CA$1.62.

Divide by 1,000 for a single pack: about CA$0.0016.

What the fee tool returns for 1,000 paper labels in British Columbia

Entered into the public fee tool for British Columbia (2027 schedule, effective January 1, 2027), 1,000 paper labels give the figures below. The tool is the same engine that prices a report, so this page and the tool agree.

The tool total is CA$1.62.

Which published rates were matched in British Columbia

One published rate was matched to the pack in British Columbia from the 2027 schedule. Each is quoted from the programme’s own fee table; the page does not change the rate or round it.

Label, 2 g: one matched rate

What if the paper label used another material?

Suppose the main component of the paper label, weighing 2 g, were made of another material. The table prices the same weight in each material class that British Columbia publishes a rate for, at the lowest published rate in that class.

A fee comparison only: another material changes weight and protection too.

What a larger run of paper labels costs in British Columbia

Fees scale with the number of packs, because the schedule charges by mass. The table repeats the worked example for larger runs of the Paper label paper label in British Columbia. Nothing else changes between rows: the same weights and the same matched rates apply.

Taken as a whole, the pack is priced at CA$0.81 per kilogram of packaging, so a heavier pack costs more in proportion to its weight.

Flat fee bands, registration fees and minimum charges sit outside this per-kilogram table.

How the fee for paper labels has moved on British Columbia schedules

British Columbia has published 3 per-mass fee schedules that price this pack. The same Paper label paper labels are priced on each below, with the same weights and the same matching rules, so only the published rates differ.

The same matched categories on each British Columbia schedule, per kilogram; a dash means the schedule does not publish that category.

The fee schedule behind these figures for British Columbia

The rates come from the 2027 schedule of Recycle BC for British Columbia, effective January 1, 2027. The facts below record where it was published and what else the schedule charges.

The schedule also lists 4 flat fee bands for small producers. They can replace the per-kilogram fee and are not part of the estimate on this page.

Ways to lower the fee on a paper label

A label is very light, so the fee per label is small. The figure that matters is the total weight across a large run.

Some programmes price a label that is stuck to a pack together with that pack, and others price it separately; check which applies to you.

A plastic or foil label moves out of the paper category and is priced as plastic or metal.

Label fees are small enough that they rarely decide a packaging choice, but they still count toward the reported weight.