" No one has explained " ?
Maybe they didn't visit the rock that you live under ?
Plenty going on in the lithium battery recycling space. It was identified early on and the industry is working on it now. Apart from ev batteries lasting much longer than the deniers predicted, scientific groups believe that at least 95% of the battery can be recycled. And that is only at this stage.
https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/EF/Areas/Grids-and-storage/Energy-storage/Battery-recycling
https://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/About-us/Latest-news/2018/04/26/04/57/Australias-first-lithium-battery-recycling-plant-opens
Unlike the fossil and nuclear industries that want to kick the pollution can down the road, the renewable industry is addressing waste at the front end.
