This new paper is mineral rich, and requires no water to produce, instead relying on high temperatures to melt the mineral powder into paper. “Rock paper,” as it has been dubbed, is tougher, more tear-resistant, and more water-resistant than traditional wood-pulp paper. Best of all, it feels, looks, and prints much like wood-pulp paper without any of the environmental side-effects that come with the production of “old” paper, and it takes half the energy it would take to produce a sheet of wood-pulp paper to produce a sheet of rock paper with the same size and thickness.
Have all these extra documents laying around? No problem. Rock paper will automatically photodegrade to its natural powdered component under 6 months of sunlight exposure, ready to be remade into new sheets of paper. So if you're looking for an environmentally friendly way to print those 50-page documents, try the rock paper for a change. This is one time where rock truly has beaten paper. So now the question is: are you going to try a product that is potentially cheaper, more durable, and more recyclable than traditional paper?
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