Yeah, now I can finally consume a different energy source that I can dispose of as hazardous waste! I wonder what the dealership will charge as a disposal fee to remove damaged or dead batteries. Can the lithium-ion batteries be recycled? Absolutely, but they seldom are. In Australian, only 2-3% are recycled annually (2019) and in the UK and US around 5% are recycled. The high costs to build and run the smelters to recycle these batteries are not balanced by the benefits. These costs would have to be subsidized by new taxes or fees which result in higher costs to the end user and thus negate the total benefit of changing energy source usage habits.

https://www.epa.gov/recycle/used-lithium-ion-batteries

https://cen.acs.org/materials/energy-storage/time-serious-recycling-lithium/97/i28