The environmental costs of EV batteries that politicians don’t tend to talk about

… “In the case of Ontario, the answer was actually that we we have no intention of doing anything about this.”

When asked for its response, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks did not return a request for comment from CBC News.

Winfield said the fact there is no public policy on the disposal of EV batteries is concerning because a number of the chemicals and components used to make EV batteries, such as cadmium, arsenic and nickel are listed as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) and simply can’t be thrown into a landfill.