Isn’t recycling a myth? I have seen the production of EV batteries. Layered with tons of glue and components to manage the heat. In other words, it’s not just

Isn’t recycling a myth? I have seen the production of EV batteries. Layered with tons of glue and components to manage the heat. In other words, it’s not just lithium in those batteries. Got to process it, make sure it’s discharged properly, remove non-recyclable materials, then you can start the recycling of the raw materials. Whether this process is more cost prohibitive vs using new materials is what I want to know. As we all know, the O&G industry introduced a petroleum byproduct known as plastic and flooded the market with it. Big promises were made about their “infinite recycle” potential. Not to mention a shit ton of recycling facilities built to process it. Fast forward to today, plastic trash has invaded our entire food chain, polluted the ground and oceans, ruining water ecosystems. Most of the recycling facilities that were built in the 80s and 90s are defunct with responsibility pushed to local municipalities to process. Seems like we are repeating history