Porta: The Sustainable Delivery Company To Know About | AD

This is a sponsored post in association with Porta – the sustainable delivery company.

If you’ve ever tried to buy or sell any bulky secondhand object online – from furniture to bicycles – you’ll know just how tricky it can be to find a) an affordable delivery company and b) one with robust green credentials.

This was the problem facing Ed, the founder of Porta Delivery. This delivery company seeks to fill the space inside vehicles already on the road by connecting people who need things moving with people going that way anyway.

At the start of 2023, Ed was trying to buy a secondhand bike from eBay for £110. The trouble was the bike was in Newcastle and Ed was in London. Courier companies were quoting the same price as the bike itself to deliver the bike to Ed. 

Frustrated by the costly options, Ed thought about the thousands of people who must be making the journey from Newcastle to London every day. “If just one of them could stick it in their boot and I pay them something towards the fuel costs, that would do it” – both cheaply and sustainably.

Introducing Porta Delivery

The whole process was so frustrating, that in response, Ed founded Porta Delivery, to help connect you with a delivery person who is going the same way.

Through Porta Delivery, you can move almost anything throughout the UK – from eBay deliveries to furniture and appliances, and small removals – with drivers already en route. This can save you up to 60% on courier fees, whilst offering a greener option.

Because of the crowdsourced nature of delivery – as drivers have other items in their van – it lowers the cost per item. And because Porta Delivery’s drivers are ‘going in that direction anyway’ the delivery emissions are equal only to any detours needed to collect and drop off your item. 

Porta monitors the extent to which deliveries are part of an existing route to better estimate emissions. Based on this, Porta then plants trees or performs other off-sets to ensure net emissions are at most neutral.

Transport is the largest emitting sector of greenhouse gas emissions. It produced 26% of the UK’s total emissions in 2021 alone, so Porta offers an exciting and revolutionary way to lower those emissions.

How Porta Works

It’s really easy to arrange a delivery with this sustainable delivery company:

• Tell Porta what you want to move and when by clicking ‘Get Quote’ on the website. This gives you a free, no-obligation quote. 
• If you want to go ahead with the quote, you then book a collection online – paying for it electronically. Once you’ve booked a collection, Porta matches you with a driver already heading that way. Porta has a wide network of drivers across the UK, with bikes, cars, and vans of all shapes and sizes. This means you can move almost anything with ease.
• You’re kept continuously up to date on progress
• Once completed, you rate the driver.

Safe & Secure

Safety and security is paramount at Porta:

• All drivers are carefully vetted by Porta. It carries out a range of thorough ID checks to ensure a driver’s eligibility and suitability to join the platform. This includes an official DVLA check code, proof of driving license, insurance, address and bank details.
• Payments are made on the Porta platform electronically. Its drivers do not accept cash payments under any circumstances.
• If you do need to make a claim, you should claim via the driver’s insurer. For peace of mind, Porta will guarantee any genuine claim up to the value of £250.
• Porta provides bonuses of up to £250 for top-performing drivers, helping to foster a culture of excellence and reliability.

Try Porta For Yourself

If you’ve got an item to move, then Moral Fibres readers can get £10 off their first delivery by signing up here. The code is delivered to your email once you sign up to Porta. Give it a go and see what you can move sustainably!