On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:50:34 -0400, J. Clarke wrote:

If something is a functional substitute for rag- or pulp- based paper, made
from a synthetic polymeric material then I see no reason to call it
anything but "paper", or, if you are going to buy some and want the
polymeric kind and not the rag- or pulp-based kind calling it "plastic
paper" just as you would "rag paper" or "pulp paper".

It's called spun olefin and it's used in rite-in-the-rain brand notebooks.
Oceanographers use it for field notes because it's waterproof. Been around
for years. We call it "paper."

Cellulose is a polymer. Plastics are polymers. OP was barking up the wrong
tree.

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