How can recycling materials lead to environmental sustainability? a. recycling materials decrease the amount of new materials taken from the environment. b. recycling materials increase the rate of carbon sequestration. c. by recycling materials, the amount of biomass available for energy purposes is increased. d. all of the above

The correct answer is A. recycling materials helps decrease the amount of new materials taken from the environment.
Since we are recycling old materials to create new ones, there is no need to use new materials from the environment in order to do that. Recycling means that you take old things and change them so that they become new and usable again, without having to take completely new materials to make new things.

The answer would be A.. Recycling materials helps DECREASE the amount of new materials taken from the environment. hope this helps :)