Rechargeable batteries have lower total cost of use and environmental impact than disposable batteries.

Rechargeable batteries can offer economic and environmental benefits compared to disposable batteries.

It does not store as much power as disposable batteries and needs to be recharged frequently.

Both fuel-cell systems instead look back to the days when most electronics relied on disposable batteries.

"At the highest levels, there appears to be recognition of the inadequacy of disposable batteries".

But it costs more to produce and contains more toxic chemicals than a disposable battery.

The company announced this week that it was producing a disposable, long-life battery for cellular phones.

In our tests, most of the models used disposable batteries that lasted for a few days of occasional short conversations.

A common consumer complaint is that disposable batteries give little indication of when they should be discarded.

I got a cell phone, an ancient model that took disposable batteries, and had it activated on the spot.