News Flash

Summertime Beauty at the Pollinator Garden!

Have you visited the Media Bee City’s Pollinator Garden lately at Borough Hall (near the tot lot)? The first season of the garden has exploded with color and is teeming with life. All of the plants are native species and no pesticides are used. ...

Mosquito Spray Drift

The drift of mosquito spray from its intended target is becoming a health hazard in the Borough of Media. Mosquito spray could not only cause health hazards for neighbors but also reduces the number of pollinators present in the borough.

What Really Happens to Our Recycling, Anyway?

That’s the question we set out to answer, when a group of Borough stalwarts made the trek into the wilds of Pitman, New Jersey, to visit the Omni Recycling facility to see for ourselves.  We were greeted there by the CEO, Kevin Carducci...

Tree Tenders Plant 14 Trees Throughout Media Borough

Last week, in partnership with Media Borough's Shade Tree Commission, 19 Media Tree Tender volunteers planted 14 native trees throughout the Borough to add beauty, help our community breathe, help with stormwater, help wildlife, and help our over...

Light Pollution

My name is Locke Sleutaris; and I’m 14 years old and homeschooling.  This past year, I attended Doug Tallamy’s lecture on biodiversity at the Media Upper Providence Public Library, and became aware of the problem of light poll...

A Closer Look at Plastic Bag Ordinance Implementation

As Media Borough plans for the launch of our plastic bag & straw ordinance in January 2023, we took a look at trends in other communities and businesses who are working to  reduce plastic waste. 

Media Borough’s plastic bag ordinance ...

Media Borough Becomes a Bee City

Media Borough Council unanimously voted on April 17th, 2022 to become a Bee City USA®, joining many other cities and campuses across the country united in improving their landscapes for pollinators. Borough Council's action is the culmina...

Media Borough Hosts College Sustainability Interns

Sixteen Bryn Mawr Students participating in the College’s Praxis Program spent their fall semester analyzing four separate areas of sustainability in Media Borough.  They shared their presentations at the Dec. 8 meeting of the Environme...

Safer Biking in Media

The Borough installed ‘shared lane bicycle arrows’ or sharrows on a number of streets throughout the borough, and you may be wondering what they are and what they mean. Hopefully this article helps answer your questions!

What are these ...