Leo Baekeland

Could you imagine a world without plastics? Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite – the worlds fist synthetic plastic and 'the material with a thousand uses'. But just what were the consequences of this invention upon the state of our environment, and what actually happens when you try to get rid of it? Find out all this and more with Leo Baekeland as he explains how Bakelite quite literally changed the world.

This drama character is supported by SITA Trust and Defra. Part of the Wasted Opportunity project.