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"title": "Labels packaging EPR British Columbia | Instica",
"h1": "Labels packaging EPR British Columbia: what a paper label costs per 1,000 packs, 2027",
"description": "Worked example: 1,000 paper labels in British Columbia carry an estimated packaging EPR fee of CA$1.62 on the 2027 schedule, from published rates.",
"answer": "In British Columbia, 1,000 paper labels of the Paper label size (2 g) carry an estimated packaging fee of CA$1.62 on the 2027 schedule. The range comes from the published rates of Recycle BC that fit each part of the pack. Instica estimates it; you confirm the weights, then sign and submit.",
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"cite": "Instica, “Labels packaging EPR British Columbia: what a paper label costs per 1,000 packs, 2027”, https://instica.com/epr/label/british-columbia, last verified 2026-11-04, dataset v1-281284b7e7c1, CC-BY-4.0.",
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"statement": "British Columbia: the flat fee band “bc flat 1” (1000 to 2499 kg) is CA$1,500.00.",
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"statement": "British Columbia: the flat fee band “bc flat 2” (2500 to 4999 kg) is CA$3,600.00.",
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"statement": "British Columbia: the flat fee band “bc flat 3” (5000 to 9999 kg) is CA$8,400.00.",
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"statement": "British Columbia: across all its components, a paper label is priced at CA$0.81 per kilogram of packaging.",
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"statement": "British Columbia: 2 g of paper and board is estimated at CA$1.62 per 1,000 packs, at the lowest published rate of 81 cents per kilogram.",
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"statement": "British Columbia: on the 2025 schedule, effective January 1, 2025, 1,000 paper labels of the Paper label size were priced at CA$1.06.",
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"statement": "British Columbia: on the 2027 schedule, effective January 1, 2027, 1,000 paper labels of the Paper label size were priced at CA$1.62.",
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"markdown": "\n\nIn British Columbia, 1,000 paper labels of the Paper label size (2 g) carry an estimated packaging fee of CA$1.62 on the 2027 schedule. The range comes from the published rates of Recycle BC that fit each part of the pack. Instica estimates it; you confirm the weights, then sign and submit."
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"heading": "What this page estimates for a paper label in British Columbia",
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"markdown": "\n\n## What this page estimates for a paper label in British Columbia\n\nThe 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."
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"markdown": "\n\n## What is in a paper label\n\nThe label is one paper component. Adhesive and backing liner are part of the same weighed unit in the starting estimate.\n\nStarting weights, an Instica estimate for a typical pack and not a measured weight: label (paper, 2 g).\n\n- **Label**: paper, 2 g (Instica starting estimate)"
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"markdown": "\n\n## Worked example: 1,000 paper labels in British Columbia\n\nOne 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.\n\n**Fee for 1,000 paper labels in British Columbia, in CAD**\n\n| Component | Weight each | Matched published rate | Fee per 1,000 packs | Fee per pack |\n| --- | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: |\n| Label | 2 g | Kraft Paper | CA$1.62 | CA$0.0016 |\n\nBritish Columbia: 1,000 paper labels of the Paper label size are estimated at CA$1.62 in packaging fees.\n\nAdded together, the estimate for 1,000 packs is CA$1.62.\n\nDivide by 1,000 for a single pack: about CA$0.0016."
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"heading": "What the fee tool returns for 1,000 paper labels in British Columbia",
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"markdown": "\n\n## What the fee tool returns for 1,000 paper labels in British Columbia\n\nEntered 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.\n\n**Fee tool lines for 1,000 packs, British Columbia, in CAD**\n\n| Component | Category at the lowest rate | Weight | Fee | Category at the highest rate | Fee |\n| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- | ---: |\n| Label | Kraft Paper | 2 g | CA$1.62 | Kraft Paper | CA$1.62 |\n\nBritish Columbia: the fee tool returns CA$1.62 for 1,000 paper labels of the Paper label size (2 g each).\n\nThe tool total is CA$1.62."
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"heading": "Which published rates were matched in British Columbia",
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"markdown": "\n\n## Which published rates were matched in British Columbia\n\nOne 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.\n\n#### Label, 2 g: one matched rate\n\n**Rates matched to the label, British Columbia 2027**\n\n| Category | Published rate | Per kilogram | Fee per 1,000 packs | Fee per pack |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| Kraft Paper | 81 cents per kilogram | CA$0.81 | CA$1.62 | CA$0.0016 |\n\nBritish Columbia 2027: the category “Kraft Paper” is published at 81 cents per kilogram."
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"heading": "What if the paper label used another material?",
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"markdown": "\n\n## What if the paper label used another material?\n\nSuppose 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.\n\n**Same weight, different material, British Columbia, in CAD per 1,000 packs**\n\n| Material | Lowest published rate | Fee per 1,000 packs at that rate | Highest published rate | Fee per 1,000 packs at that rate |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| paper and board | 81 cents per kilogram | CA$1.62 | 81 cents per kilogram | CA$1.62 |\n| plastic | 174 cents per kilogram | CA$3.48 | 174 cents per kilogram | CA$3.48 |\n| glass | 61 cents per kilogram | CA$1.22 | 61 cents per kilogram | CA$1.22 |\n| aluminium | 35 cents per kilogram | CA$0.70 | 72 cents per kilogram | CA$1.44 |\n| steel | 71 cents per kilogram | CA$1.42 | 71 cents per kilogram | CA$1.42 |\n\n**Every matched rate of the other materials at 2 g, British Columbia, in CAD**\n\n| Material | Category | Published rate | Fee per 1,000 packs | Fee per pack |\n| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| plastic | Plastic Film | 174 cents per kilogram | CA$3.48 | CA$0.0035 |\n| glass | Clear Glass | 61 cents per kilogram | CA$1.22 | CA$0.0012 |\n| glass | Coloured Glass | 61 cents per kilogram | CA$1.22 | CA$0.0012 |\n| aluminium | Aluminum Food & Other Containers | 35 cents per kilogram | CA$0.70 | CA$0.0007 |\n| aluminium | Other Aluminum Packaging | 72 cents per kilogram | CA$1.44 | CA$0.0014 |\n| steel | Other Steel Packaging including Paint Cans | 71 cents per kilogram | CA$1.42 | CA$0.0014 |\n\nA fee comparison only: another material changes weight and protection too."
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"heading": "What a larger run of paper labels costs in British Columbia",
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"markdown": "\n\n## What a larger run of paper labels costs in British Columbia\n\nFees 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.\n\n**Fee by run size for the paper label in British Columbia, in CAD**\n\n| Packs | Total weight | Fee at the lowest rates | Fee at the highest rates |\n| ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| 100 | 0.2 kg | CA$0.16 | CA$0.16 |\n| 500 | 1 kg | CA$0.81 | CA$0.81 |\n| 1,000 | 2 kg | CA$1.62 | CA$1.62 |\n| 5,000 | 10 kg | CA$8.10 | CA$8.10 |\n| 10,000 | 20 kg | CA$16.20 | CA$16.20 |\n| 50,000 | 100 kg | CA$81.00 | CA$81.00 |\n| 100,000 | 200 kg | CA$162.00 | CA$162.00 |\n| 500,000 | 1,000 kg | CA$810.00 | CA$810.00 |\n| 1,000,000 | 2,000 kg | CA$1,620.00 | CA$1,620.00 |\n\nBritish Columbia: a single paper label is estimated at CA$0.0016 in packaging fees.\n\nBritish Columbia: across all its components, a paper label is priced at CA$0.81 per kilogram of packaging.\n\nTaken 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.\n\nFlat fee bands, registration fees and minimum charges sit outside this per-kilogram table."
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"heading": "How the fee for paper labels has moved on British Columbia schedules",
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"markdown": "\n\n## How the fee for paper labels has moved on British Columbia schedules\n\nBritish 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.\n\n**Fee per 1,000 packs by schedule, British Columbia, in CAD**\n\n| Schedule | Effective from | Fee per 1,000 packs, lowest rates | Fee per 1,000 packs, highest rates | Per pack | Change in the lowest fee |\n| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| 2025 | January 1, 2025 | CA$1.06 | CA$1.06 | CA$0.0011 | - |\n| 2026 | January 1, 2026 | CA$1.54 | CA$1.54 | CA$0.0015 | +45.3% |\n| 2027 | January 1, 2027 | CA$1.62 | CA$1.62 | CA$0.0016 | +5.2% |\n\nBritish Columbia: on the 2025 schedule, effective January 1, 2025, 1,000 paper labels of the Paper label size were priced at CA$1.06.\n\nBritish Columbia: on the 2026 schedule, effective January 1, 2026, 1,000 paper labels of the Paper label size were priced at CA$1.54.\n\nBritish Columbia: on the 2027 schedule, effective January 1, 2027, 1,000 paper labels of the Paper label size were priced at CA$1.62.\n\nThe same matched categories on each British Columbia schedule, per kilogram; a dash means the schedule does not publish that category.\n\n**Matched rates per kilogram by schedule, British Columbia, in CAD**\n\n| Category | 2025 (2025-01) | 2026 (2026-01) | 2027 (2027-01) |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| Kraft Paper | CA$0.53 | CA$0.77 | CA$0.81 |"
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"heading": "The fee schedule behind these figures for British Columbia",
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"markdown": "\n\n## The fee schedule behind these figures for British Columbia\n\nThe 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.\n\nBritish Columbia: the 2027 fee schedule of Recycle BC, effective January 1, 2027, is the source of the per-kilogram rates used on this page.\n\nBritish Columbia: the flat fee band “bc flat 1” (1000 to 2499 kg) is CA$1,500.00.\n\nBritish Columbia: the flat fee band “bc flat 2” (2500 to 4999 kg) is CA$3,600.00.\n\nBritish Columbia: the flat fee band “bc flat 3” (5000 to 9999 kg) is CA$8,400.00.\n\nBritish Columbia: the flat fee band “bc flat 4” (10000 to 15000 kg) is CA$14,100.00.\n\nThe 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."
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"id": "levers",
"heading": "Ways to lower the fee on a paper label",
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"markdown": "\n\n## Ways to lower the fee on a paper label\n\nA label is very light, so the fee per label is small. The figure that matters is the total weight across a large run.\n\nSome programmes price a label that is stuck to a pack together with that pack, and others price it separately; check which applies to you.\n\nA plastic or foil label moves out of the paper category and is priced as plastic or metal.\n\nLabel fees are small enough that they rarely decide a packaging choice, but they still count toward the reported weight."
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"markdown": "\n\n## Questions sellers ask\n\n### How much is the EPR fee for a paper label in British Columbia?\n\nFor 1,000 paper labels of the Paper label size, the estimated fee is CA$1.62 on the 2027 schedule, from the published rates that fit each component.\n\n### Is this the amount I will pay?\n\nNo. It is an estimate for the packaging alone. Registration fees, flat fee bands, eco-modulation and thresholds sit outside the per-kilogram figure. Instica prepares the data; you check, sign and submit it, and Instica never stores regulator login details."
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"markdown": "\n\n## How these figures are made\n\n> **Estimate**: Instica measures, estimates and prepares. Every figure on this page is computed from a sourced fee schedule and from starting weights that Instica labels as estimates, and each carries its data quality. The customer signs and submits the report; Instica never stores regulator login details and never files on your behalf. This page is general information about published rates; confirm your own position with a qualified adviser."
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"anchor": "EPR fees for labels Netherlands",
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"anchor": "Labels packaging EPR New Brunswick",
"url": "https://instica.com/epr/label/new-brunswick"
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"anchor": "Labels packaging EPR Oregon",
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"anchor": "Labels EPR fees Sweden",
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"anchor": "Mailers EPR fees Austria",
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"anchor": "Mailers packaging EPR Belgium",
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