Comment Melcher Media (Score 1) 55
So, I own that water proof book that you skeak of. Also another, "Cradle to Cradle," which describes an attempt to develop a better reycling ... well, cycle.
Bill McDonough (architect) and Michael Braungart (chemist) have some really sound ideas about saving the planet while still producing stuff.
The paper replacement is a plasic and natural resin combo - prototyped in the Melcher Media "Durabook"s. The need next is for an ink that can be boiled off, and reclaimed leaving a blank page and a batch of ink. (The "paper" might be re-used as is, or re-processed both without bleach or loss of structure.)
But, as said, I'm not throwing this book away. Get your own, please! and Read it!