Disposable

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In business administration and technology, disposables are all those aid goods and elements of a product that are subject to wear and tear and therefore have to be regularly replaced ("to dispose").

These elements are usually of greater importance to the market economy than the product delivered to the end customer itself. It is not uncommon for the actual money to be earned with the disposables . Examples are:

• Toner and ink cartridges in printers
• Auxiliaries in biological and chemical analysis devices
• Carbon dioxide cartridges in water purifiers
• Packaged coffee brewing kits
• Brush heads for electric toothbrushes
• Batteries for multimedia products
• In the military sector cartridges and ammunition for weapons

Since these consumer goods can often be reproduced by other providers and brought onto the market at a lower cost after the expiry of existing patents at the latest, the high-priced consumables from the original manufacturer can no longer be sold. Many manufacturers therefore try to protect themselves against replicas or even plagiarism through structural or legal measures. Electronic security systems are even used:

Inserting an electronic chip into a disposable prevents foreign materials from being used in your own products. At the same time, new, protectable intellectual property (the chip software) is inserted into the product, which makes it easier to defend against replicas.