Some of the materials on display are objects collected by Livingstone himself, now owned by NMS, such as a weaving loom and artefacts from Africa.

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While these benefits do not necessarily translate into direct economic advantages for the local communities where materials are collected there are significant national and global benefits, both environmental and economic, from recycling.

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At the very least, governments should make sure there are markets for the materials they want collected.

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