A great place to start living more sustainably is to think about how you, your family, your school, your business and your community can reduce, reuse and recycle.
You can reduce waste by making small changes – buy reusable and refillable rather than disposable and single-use products, take your own bags to the supermarket, choose products with less packaging and buy only what you need.
Before you throw anything away, think whether any part of it can be reused and given another life.
On this page you will find
Waste Minimisation Grants scheme
Porirua City introduced a pilot Waste Minimisation Grants scheme in 2025 to encourage community groups and businesses to pursue initiatives to reducing waste in Porirua.
Two tiers of funding are available - large grants of up to $30,000 are distributed on an annual basis, and smaller grants of up to $2000 are distributed on a monthly basis.
More information can be found here [link]
Presentations
Want an insight into all things waste in Porirua? The Porirua City Council Waste team can provide presentations/engagements to support communities in understanding waste minimisation. If you would like to find out more, please get in touch at [email protected]
Less Waste, Greater Place
Porirua City Council, alongside the councils in the Wellington region, recently adopted its Waste Management and Minimisation Plan (WMMP) for 2023 –2029. This is a regional plan that has:
Each council in the Wellington region has their own local actions to deliver across the six-year period (2023–2029). The councils will be working together on these.
There is also more information on lesswastegreaterplace.co.nz
Thanks to those who made a submission during the consultation on the WMMP in 2023 to help shape and prioritise waste for our city.
This report outlines the findings of various litter audits in Porirua from 2019 to 2023. Undertaking litter audits allows us to interpret existing litter data and is useful for creating awareness, and encouraging behaviour change to reduce litter in our city.
You can read the full report here.
In March 2023 we surveyed the community on their thoughts of waste minimisation in Porirua. The survey results have highlighted several areas of potential growth and change with regards to waste reduction and reuse behaviour within our city.
You can read the full report here.
We are part of the national Love Food Hate Waste NZ campaign which aims to help Kiwi families to waste less food. For practical tips on how to reduce your own food waste and save money, visit lovefoodhatewaste.co.nz.
Here are some interesting statistics about NZ food waste:
