11.   The waste comes from French state-owned nuclear group Cogema, which operates a reprocessing plant in nearby La Hague.

12.   The trash trek began a year ago in Atlanta, Georgia, and the group reported the waste came from the US supermarket chain Winn-Dixie.

13.   The waste is coming mainly from the United States, as well as Britain, Japan, and increasingly China as it tightens up its own laws and practises.

14.   The waste came from a plant in Cherbourg, France.

15.   They said the nuclear waste came from the Hahn-Meitner research institute in Berlin and the lorries were heading for the Dounreay nuclear reprocessing plant in northern Scotland.

16.   Waste would come from decommissioned nuclear weapons and power plants.

17.   Tilmann said the toxic wastes came from four scrap yards and one refrigerator recycling plant, all in Germany.