One litre of solvent is enough to contaminate 100 million litres of drinking water.
UK uses over six million toner cartridges annually - approximately 50% end up in landfill sites.
60 million fluorescent tubes are sold in the UK every year; very few are recycled - One tube can pollute 30.000 litres of water beyond a safe level of drinking.
The firework display held on the Eve of the Millennium created more dioxins in fifteen minutes than an Energy from Waste incinerator would produce in 120 years.