Really? I have always read that although the recycability of lithium from batteries is highly touted, the reality is that there is virtually no lithium recycling happening (at least in the US, reportedly). The process is complicated and expensive and does not make sense economically until the price of lithium goes far higher. It makes more financial sense to recycle the more valuable nickel and cobalt in these batteries than to recycle the lithium. See this and this as examples.