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A common solution here, which we have used, is to pack the jars into large plastic drums with full-diameter clamp-on lids. These are themselves rated for fluid transport, so you don't need to add any sorbents. You can use regular packing peanuts or rolled-up
towels to keep the jars separated and use cardboard to separate the layers.<br>
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Commercial movers have special carts, dollies and lifts for these drums, so they don't need to do anything unusual either. It's safe and easy.
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Whatever method you choose, don't use vermiculite - apart from the mess, most of it is contaminated with naturally co-occurring asbestos. If your regulations permit it, coarse sawdust or chopped straw are good, environmentally favorable alternatives.
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 4, 2023 8:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Transporting wet collections</font>
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<p>Dear Pip,</p>
<p>there was a very similar topic that got a lot of feedback in June called "Best packing material for moving of wet collection jars", maybe it would be worth to have a look at that.</p>
<p>My personal advice, apart of good cushioning (the list of possible materials was discussed in the thread mentioned above) of each jar, is to do small transportation batches. So the overview of possible damage on the road is easier. Besides this, usually
it makes the safety measures easier, since the legal issues start with certain amount liters of dangerous goods. So if you keep bellow the limit (check your local guidelines), you can use non-dangerous goods transportation or even normal cars.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I was wondering whether there is anyone out there with experience of transporting wet collections or who can point me to some information/resource? I’m interested in transport
of wet collections (primarily in ethanol) for digitisation at an offsite facility (this is within Europe). Hence, my query concerns large numbers of specimens and multiple trips. I’m aware of some of the issues with this (such as specialist transports and
licences for dangerous goods) and understand that the best method would be not to move them offsite. Nonetheless, I would be interested in hearing about experiences anyway – particularly if you have found a workable solution to the logistics of transporting
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">One method which has been mentioned and tried here in Denmark is the use of vermiculite to pack between jars. However, this produced a lot of dust and mess and was not looked
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