Carbon Footprint
Every packaging format is scored for cradle-to-gate emissions using the EU PEF Circular Footprint Formula (EC 2013/179/EU), the same basis regulators and LCA teams use.
Open Carbon Footprint →Material Swap Guide
Pick a format and the guide lists greener alternatives — mono-material for recyclability, PLA/PBAT for compostability, rPET/rPE for recycled content — each with its certification scheme (CEFLEX, GRS, FSC, BPI), the practical trade-off, and the live cost premium or saving against the incumbent from PackIndex..
Open Material Swap Guide →EPR Cost Estimator
Extended Producer Responsibility fees are now live or phasing in across the US (Circular Action Alliance — Oregon, Colorado, California, Minnesota), the EU, the UK (PackUK), and Canada (Ontario).
Open EPR Cost Estimator →Recycling Risk Scanner
Being technically recyclable isn't the same as being sorted.
Open Recycling Risk Scanner →Market Recyclability
A recyclability claim is only true where the material is actually collected and reprocessed.
Open Market Recyclability →Carbon Border Calc
The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism puts a carbon price on imported aluminium and steel — including cans, foil, closures and tinplate.
Open Carbon Border Calc →One data layer behind every answer
Carbon, fees, recyclability and CBAM all draw on the same PackIndex data layer — live commodity prices where available, a PackIndex-curated fallback otherwise — so a recyclable swap in the guide is priced by the same index that costs your bill of materials in the Packaging Suite. Every tool is region-selectable, so a producer in the US, EU, UK, Canada, Mexico or Brazil sees the correct fees, recyclability and currency for their market.
What each tool answers
Carbon Footprint — cradle-to-gate kg CO₂e per format, graded A–D on price-per-carbon.
Material Swap Guide — recyclable, compostable and recycled-content alternatives with live cost deltas.
EPR Cost Estimator — producer fees by region in native currency, with eco-modulation.
Recycling Risk Scanner — will your pack survive the MRF, market by market, and why.
Market Recyclability — is your material actually collected and processed in each country.
Carbon Border Calc — EU CBAM liability on aluminium & steel, phased 2026–2034.
Make the Greener Call — and Cost It
Pick a tool and turn a sustainability question into a number for your market.
Open Sustainability → Read the docs first