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set gDates = [[], [0, 0, " ", "The Times, Feb 25, 1944 "]]
set gName = getat(["Baekeland"],1)
@[]###PIONEER OF PLASTICS DIES
Bakelite became known as the "material of 1,000 uses"#Today 20 per cent of household garbage by volume is plastic, and only a tiny percentage can be recycled because it is difficult to separate out the different chemical compounds#Of all plastic used, 35 per cent of it goes on packaging for other goods#There was a surge in Bakelite use during the second world war, when people made coffins out of it - despite the fact that it is both non-flammable and non-degradable
