Batteries should be more expensive

I just saw a deal on batteries. Regardless of if that is about a mistake that was corrected... Batteries should be more expensive. It is now illegal to throw batteries in the garbage in California. So people buy these for peanuts and clearly they are going to just throw them out. It is no use going through their garbage, because that would cost too much, and people would just throw them out in public trash bins. The battery industry needs to provide for disposal, and pay for it with higher prices. That is the only way to keep this toxic waste out of the general garbage.