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Battery-free devices
No cell inside. Power passes straight through from the USB‑C device it plugs into.
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Battery inside: none
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Battery-free vape technology
The end of the disposable vape battery.
Every disposable vape hides a lithium battery that's used once and thrown away. Recurrent takes it out, and powers the device from batteries you already carry, through one USB‑C port.
01The problem
Hundreds of millions of batteries, used once.
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disposable vapes have been sold worldwide, each with a lithium battery sealed inside.1
- Disposables sold, 2024
- 840Min tracked markets alone, not counting China or illicit sales1
- Thrown away, UK, weekly
- 6.3Mvapes and pods binned every week in the UK, even after its ban2
- Lithium per device
- 0.15gin an average single-use vape: small each, huge in total3
- UK, last four years
- 1.18Bvapes thrown away in one country2
01.1The scale
Nearly twice around the Earth.
Laid end to end, one year of disposable vapes would wrap the planet about 1.7 times.4 It's a design problem, and design can fix it.
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02The insight
The battery is already in your pocket.
Phones, laptops, power banks, cars and consoles all carry rechargeable batteries, and most of them now share one port. Recurrent devices draw power from them instead of carrying their own.
Power source Phone
Plug straight into the phone you carry everywhere.
Port: USB‑CBattery in vape: none
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03The technology
No battery inside. Nothing to throw away.
Take the cell and its charging circuit out of the device, and both the waste and the cost go with them. Drag to compare.
Disposable. A sealed lithium cell and charging circuit, thrown away with the device.
Recurrent. Powered through USB‑C. No cell, no charging circuit, nothing inside to bin.
One principle. Four forms.
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Universal cords
A cord that turns the phone or power bank in your pocket into the vape's power source.
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SuperCap pods
Supercapacitors in place of a battery, designed to charge in seconds and last for years.
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Two-way port power
Power flows both ways through one port, so devices are charged and reused instead of thrown away.
8 platforms in development
04For manufacturers & brands
Fewer parts. Fewer risks. A better story.
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Fewer parts
No lithium cell and no charging circuit: less to source, assemble and test.
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Lower unit cost
Taking out the battery and its electronics takes cost out of every device.
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Built for the rules ahead
Disposable bans are spreading market by market. Design for where regulation is going.
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A story buyers want
Carry the Recurrent mark and show customers the battery problem is solved.
Run your numbers
What's in it for your line?
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- Parts cost removed / yr
- $250,000
- Batteries never made
- 1,000,000
- Lithium kept from landfill
- 150 kg
Illustrative only. Lithium uses the UK average of 0.15 g per single-use vape.3
Regulation tracker
The rules are moving.
Next deadline
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- EUPortable batteries must be removable and replaceable by the user. Vapes aren't exempt.Source
- IrelandSingle-use vape ban applies.Source
- BulgariaBan cleared EU review.Source
- New ZealandMaking, selling and supplying disposables banned.Source
- United KingdomA legal vape must be refillable and rechargeable.Source
- FrancePrefilled, non-refillable devices banned, rechargeable or not.Source
- BelgiumFirst sales ban in the EU.Source
- AustraliaDisposable imports banned.Source
Also in draft or debate: Germany, Poland, Austria, Spain, Switzerland. Status as of October 2026. Not legal advice.
Loop + charge
05The mark
Look for the mark.
Two arrows, one loop, one charge. Any brand or factory building on Recurrent technology can carry the mark, free. The more products that carry it, the sooner the disposable battery is history.
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Be there when it launches.
Product launches, the certification standard and progress on ending the disposable battery. No spam.
Partner with us
Let's build it together.
We're working with manufacturers, brands and filling labs that want to move first. Tell us what you make and we'll show you what Recurrent can do for it.
- 01Technical walkthrough of the four forms
- 02Fit with your current lines and pods
- 03Licensing and the Recurrent mark