This is because of expiring patents which create an artificial inflation of businesses' durable market value for the incumbent allowing them to monopolize the market via supply scarcity. Naturally there would have been more recycling the entire time if it were not restricted by patents.
pfdietz•about 4 hours ago
Or, less conspiratorially, it's because the volume of batteries that need recycling has been steadily growing.
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