> are recycled poorly afterward Current automotive lead acid battery recycling is somewhere between 98-99.3%. They are the most recycled thing. This is in pa

> are recycled poorly afterward Current automotive lead acid battery recycling is somewhere between 98-99.3%. They are the most recycled thing. This is in part due to the fact that lead is really bad for the environment, but also because the batteries are highly recyclable. Modern Lithium batteries aren't anywhere near as bad for the environment as Lead acid batteries but they're highly recyclable. And like Aluminum and Steel, it's cheaper to harvest Lithium from recycled batteries than it is to mine it. Electric cars probably won't change the equation much because much of what isn't recyclable in a modern automobile is the plastics used for interior, ducts, cable insulation, etc. Approximately 80% of a vehicle is recyclable.