] A new type of Blu-Ray digital video disk made largely
] from paper has been developed by Sony and Toppan Printing
] in Japan. The two companies say such paper-based disks
] will be cheaper to make and less environmentally harmful

I wasn't aware that the plastic that is used to make DVDs comes from crude oil. This is interesting though....using paper and some other polymer instead of the plastic. Paper DVDs....what will they think of next;)

New Scientist - New Blu-Ray video disk is made of paper