The type of vessels in which you collect samples are really dependent on what you're sampling for. And so with plastics, there aren't potential for some of those compounds in the soils to react with the plastic surfaces. So it's better for long term preservation to keep it in glass and then keep it in a controlled environment. The project that I did in this gap year, or these gap years between my undergrad and her PhD was a stream pollution trends monitoring project.

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