Hi Dave,
It's those rubbish caps you use - was amazed to find that PT originals lasted a couple of years, and my Wiltsgrove specials more like a month. Tried various combinations then noticed Wilts does a super low ESR 2200/16 - been a fortnight used lots and not a failure yet.
As to recycling, guess there's lots'a cash in flat screen stuff - chaps used to be able to 'tot' the stuff then health and safety fell over one, now they end up on Ebay. Trouble is, at local sites they use a machine with rotating spikes to compress the electronics in the skip before recycling - makes a mess of the screens though.