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Last modified by Kimberley on 2025/03/20 17:53
From version 23.1
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on 2024/02/11 15:01
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To version 30.1
edited by Kimberley
on 2025/03/20 17:53
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18 -=== **More Nodes ~= More Cleaning** ===
18 +=== **More Nodes ~= More Cleaning!** ===
19 19  
20 -With the right tools, your team will avoid schedule delays and penalties.
20 +Cleaning requires extra attention in your installation & retrieval plans if sites are:
21 21  
22 -Cleaning plans need special attention before installation if sites are:
23 -
24 -* silt or clay soil
22 +* silt or clay soil
25 25  * an infection risk (such as farms, outbreak zones)
26 26  * scheduled for >5 retrievals per team, per day.
27 27  
26 +With the right tools, your team will avoid schedule delays and penalties.
27 +
28 28  ----
29 29  
30 30  === **Interim Solution (Australia only)** ===
31 31  
32 -For now, disposable barrier bags are an option for difficult sites in Australia. Nodes are installed inside the bags to reduce soil contact. We've seen good results on clay sites with 10um bags ~-~- the type used for produce.
32 +For now, disposable barrier bags are an option for difficult sites in Australia. Nodes can be installed inside the bags to reduce soil contact. We've seen good results on flooded clay sites with 10um bags— the type used for produce.
33 33  
34 -__Note:__ Some states will ban plastic bags by 2025.
35 35  
36 -Contact us for help navigating:
35 +Single-use plastics can not be used in AoNZ, and are being phased out in some Australian states. If you are considering this option for your experiment, contact us for help navigating:
37 37  
38 -* state regulations for plastics
37 +* state regulations for single-use plastics
39 39  * plastic types
40 40  * performance criteria.
41 41  
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43 43  (((
44 -**New Zealand**: We are testing alternatives to single-use plastics! Contact us for advice, or to share your solutions.
43 +**New Zealand**: Have you found a good tool or hack for cleaning in the field? Please share your solutions to help us reduce plastic use in Australia!
45 45  )))
46 46  
47 47  (% class="responsive-table" style="background-color:#ffffff; width:602.6px" summary="Types of biodegradable plastics" %)
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110 110  
111 111  * [[Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO), 2023. "Australia and New Zealand Single-Use Plastic Bans">>https://documents.packagingcovenant.org.au/public-documents/Australia%20and%20New%20Zealand%20Single-use%20Plastic%20Bans]]
112 112  * [[Government of South Australia, n.d (retrieved Jan 2024). "Replace the Waste: Planned Bans 2024">>https://www.replacethewaste.sa.gov.au/planned-bans-2024]]
113 -* [[Manatū Mō Te Taiao. "Compostable products: Ministry for the Environment position statement">>https://environment.govt.nz/publications/plastic-products-banned-from-july-2023/#products-banned-or-phased-out-from-1-july-2023]]
112 +* [[Manatū Mō Te Taiao, 2022. "Compostable products: Ministry for the Environment position statement">>https://environment.govt.nz/publications/plastic-products-banned-from-july-2023/#products-banned-or-phased-out-from-1-july-2023]]
114 114  * [[Manatū Mō Te Taiao ~| Ministry for the Environment. "Guidance on single-use plastic products banned or phased out from July 2023">>https://environment.govt.nz/publications/plastic-products-banned-from-july-2023/#products-banned-or-phased-out-from-1-july-2023]]
115 115  * [[National Retail Association, n.d. (retrieved Jan 2024)."WA Plastics Ban: Banned Items & Alternatives">>https://plasticsbanwa.com.au/items/]]
116 116  * [[NSW EPA, 2023. "Plastics Ban Guidance">>https://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/your-environment/plastics/bans-guidance]]