Wellington region Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2023 - 29

We worked with the other seven councils across our region (Carterton, Hutt, Masterton, Porirua, South Wairarapa, Upper Hutt, and Wellington) to develop a new Wellington Region Waste Management and Minimisation Plan 2023–29 (WRWMMP). 

This plan outlines how the eight councils, mana whenua, businesses, industry and our communities can work together to change how we create, manage, and minimise waste in the Wellington region. The plan's required under the Waste Management Act 2008 and covers 2023–29 and beyond.

The way we consume products creates large quantities of waste, and there's a lot of waste going into our landfills that could be diverted. Our current system of taking materials from the Earth, making products from them, and eventually throwing them away as waste is recognised more and more as a major contributor to climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.

We talked with industry, non-government organisations (NGOs) and other stakeholders to understand the challenges and opportunities for waste minimisation in our region, as well as how we can work together to support initiatives to reuse, recycle, repurpose and repair goods and materials instead of sending them to landfill.