How do you recycle a Tesla Optimus?

Undisclosed. Tesla has published no take-back or recycling program for a home Optimus. What is real is the framework around it: its lithium battery and rare-earth magnets are e-waste that a certified recycler must handle, not landfill. Recycling is the part of ownership almost no one thinks about until the machine is dead, and for Optimus the program is blank while the rules around it are not. Two honest layers. First, the framework that already exists: a rechargeable lithium battery is classed as hazardous waste in most places, cannot legally go in household trash or landfill, and has to go to a certified battery or e-waste recycler. The record shows Optimus carries a 2.3 kWh lithium battery and rare-earth magnets in its actuators, which are precisely the materials e-waste and battery-recycling rules are written for, and rare-earth magnets are themselves a recovery target because they are scarce. So whatever Tesla does or does not offer, an end-of-life Optimus would be governed by real e-waste law, and you would not simply throw one away. Second, the absence: Tesla runs a genuine battery-recycling operation for its cars, but it has published no take-back, trade-in-for-recycling, or disposal program for a home Optimus, no statement on who dismantles one, and no guidance on the rare-earth or battery recovery. The car recycling operation is real context, but it is not an Optimus program, and we do not present it as one. This page is about the hardware and materials; wiping the data a robot gathered before you retire it is its own question, covered separately. This is general information, not legal, environmental, or disposal advice.