Certainly not something I've been thinking about but finding out...

Certainly not something I've been thinking about but finding out that recycling of old batteries graphite is going to be unlikely to be useable for new batteries or other high quality applications is unlikely is very positive for the future outlook for graphite given the impending supply shortage which should become a reality in the next couple of years IMHO. Not like gold where it's never lost and there are new more economic ways of recovering used gold which diminishes supply side.