In Canada at least, when you buy a car / ev battery depending on the chemistry you get a coupon that you redeem for a significant amount of money when you take your old replaced battery back to the place you bought the new battery. The vendor will take back any brand/regardless of where you got the old battery from.
There are people who "throw away" the coupon by not returning the old battery, but hey that's on them.
It is incredibly profitable to recycle an EV battery, so I’m not sure why the coupon is needed. The owner should get cash or a discount on their new battery.
There are people who "throw away" the coupon by not returning the old battery, but hey that's on them.