Why would anyone in their right mind discard hundreds/thousands of $ of raw materials in a landfill? In a dead EV, the dead battery is the single most valuable

Why would anyone in their right mind discard hundreds/thousands of $ of raw materials in a landfill? In a dead EV, the dead battery is the single most valuable thing for scrap yards to extract. Assuming it is actually dead. Mostly they get a second life in which case they are worth even more. In any case, EV batteries are already being recycled at pretty high rates. > Nobody I know wants to do the same for electric vehicles, they are simply too dangerous. Their loss. Not everybody is that nervous around some simple electronics. Most scrap yard dealers will train up in a hurry as soon as they realize that they have access to a valuable stream of batteries to pass on to re-cyclers who pay good dollars by the kilo. Most clued in owners will actually insist on getting compensated before handing over the valuable wrecked car with batteries included. Worth more than many still functioning old ICE cars. > I've worked on fossil fuel vehicle EOL for quite a while and a very large amount of recycling happens If that's the case for relatively worthless things like steel and lead from lead acid batteries, what do you think will happen when scrap yards start processing lithium ion batteries with a way higher kilo price? The obvious of course.