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Plastic bag finally forsook for good (best) (8)

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I believe the answer is:

bakelite

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'plastic' is the definition.
(Bakelite is an example)

'good best' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'bak' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'best' becomes 'elite' (I've seen this before).
'bak'+'elite'='BAKELITE'

'bag finally forsook for' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for bakelite that I've seen before include "Type of hard plastic, in old telephones say" , "Early form of plastic used for tableware, telephones etc" , "'Type of hard plastic, used in old telephones (8)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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