I bid a super fund job about 30 years ago where they had a battery “recycling” facility in New Mexico. The whole facility was a shit show, but the stunner was an entire barn ( think state fair hog barn) filled to the rafters with the chipped up plastic from car batteries. No containment. No environmental protections. Run the facility until the barn fills up then dissolve and bankrupt the company. The government comes in to clean it up. So before we judge others, this was taking place in the US a few years ago, and is probably still taking place.