They complained about lithium ion batteries not being recyclable. Well there is a revolution going on right now as everyone realized that it’s cheaper to recycle batteries than mine new materials. Once someone figured out that you could freeze the batteries with liquid nitrogen and pulverize them into powder the rest was easy.

The same thing happened with PV panels. All of a sudden it is cost effective to shred, pulverize them and separate the powders with electrostatic equipment.

Many first world nations are now building the recycling and disposal costs into the purchase price of electronics so the recyclers have government funding and a valuable waste stream.