12. #IconTC #IconSN we've reviewed our glove policy & are currently trialing the option to handle accessioned & good condition collections with clean, dry hands @RailwaysMuseum with the hope of trialing at our other Library & Archive sites - so we'll be using less gloves overall

3. #IconTC #IconSN After a successful trial we now recycle our nitrile gloves: we use @Terracycle Zero Waste box – Disposable Gloves & at @RailwaysMuseum we use @MYReFactory PPE Recycling Box set up by @woodiwis

1. #IconTC #IconSN Hi I’m Jess, paper conservator @Sciencemuseum & I’ll be talking about gloves & sustainability. We’ve been making positive steps over the last couple of years so here’s all the info. Goodbye cotton gloves, hello nitrile – which better protect both object & user

1 U hear a lot about #SustainableDevelopment on a global scale, but it might be less clear how it relates to your day job-especially if you work w/ heritage collections. We join the #IconTC & give you insights on how collections can concretely contribute 2 #SustainableDevelopment

#IconTC #IconESN Let us know your ideas for sustainable conferences! Reach out to our Sustainability Committee at aicsustainability@gmail.com with your thoughts. [12/12]

6. #IconTC #IconSN Alternative gloves: biodegradable, they’re attractive to microbial activity & when ingested by microbes are turned into biogases & nitrous soil. Supposedly biodegrading within 1-5 years in landfill rather than 100 years. We’ve used Showa 6110PF & Powerform S6

6. #ICONTC #ICONSN The most popular ideas were then sorted into short, medium and long term actions considering resources, cost and achievability within our institution

7. #IconTC #IconSN I subsequently produced a written action plan in the form of a Gantt chart outlining deliverables and measurements to track progress.

7. #IconTC #IconSN We buried some to test their biodegradability & exhume them each year. We also buried a control nitrile glove. They were buried about a foot down in chalky soil on site in 2020. Here you can see the first 2 years - not much degrading going on

LMA is an archive and public research centre that is based in London. Visit our website to learn more about us > https://t.co/x5YbR0DwIs #IconTC #IconSN #PursuitofEco 1/11

8. #IconTC #IconSN We have just dug them up again, we waited for sunny weather! And although there are some changes they are not really degrading at all, but it is worth noting burial conditions are not similar to landfill

10. #IconTC #IconSN Alternative gloves: @VWR_UK ‘Green’ gloves use less energy to produce them-they claim a 15% CO2 saving & 10% water saving with their production compared to conventionally produced gloves. We like them & aim to find out more about general glove energy stats

8 ☮️ Peace: ICCROM's “Community-Based Cultural Heritage Indicators for Peace” is a method for engaging local communities in defining heritage indicators to help measure peace & social change in conflict-affected settings. 👉 https://t.co/V0mmR9OoXi #IconSN #IconTC

1. #IconTC #IconSN At Museum of London we wanted to proactively become more sustainable within the our team

#IconTC #IconESN With the upcoming annual AIC meeting, #AICmtg23, focusing on “Conservation in the Age of Environmental, Social, and Economic Climate Change,” we have been considering how museum conferences can uplift sustainable goals. [1/12]

We are getting into the habit of make single use products, dual use. Before anything is thrown into the bin, we ask ourselves what else it can be used for. Our ethos is: the bin is the last resort! #IconTC #IconSN #PursuitofEco 2/11

3 At the💚of this initiative is the #OCMToolkit: a resource library 📚 that can help you unlock🔓the potential of #collections as powerful drivers of change towards #SustainableDevelopment & contribute to personal & collective well-being. #IconSN #IconTC 👉 https://t.co/mWewTGo9Ly

4 The #OCMToolkit contains everything you need to set goals, plan + deliver actions & monitor activities, linking your work back to international efforts to create a sustainable future. With +400 open access tools already available #IconTC #IconSN 🔎👉 https://t.co/mWewTGo9Ly

@conserve_lfcp 5. #IconTC #IconSN To create our plan, everyone suggested actions that would reduce our carbon footprint – we prioritised we ideas by vote.