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Paper would be considered abiotic. 
 
Abiotic factors are non-living physical and chemical elements in the ecosystem. Examples include: water, soil, air, and sunlight.

Biotic factors are living or once-living organisms within the ecosystem. 
Examples include: plants, fungi, and animals. 

Paper is a non-living object and hence it's an abiotic component.

What are abiotic components?

The non-living component or an ecosystem is called an abiotic factor. Temperature, light, water etc are examples of abiotic components of an ecosystem. Trees, animals etc are examples of biotic components of an ecosystem since they are living components.

The ecosystem is formed by both biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem. The physical and chemical elements usually form the abiotic systems.

Abiotic components are the components that support the biotic components. Abiotic factors might not be the same in every ecosystem. In an aquatic ecosystem, water may be an abiotic component and in a desert ecosystem, sand will be the abiotic component.

Although paper is formed from trees, once trees are uprooted they are dead. Processing of dead trees is used in the formation of paper.

Therefore the paper is an abiotic component.

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