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Today, as part of the European education project E-trust, we went to a waste incineration company called IZAYDAS in Izmit, Turkey.
And this is, among many other things from cultural behaviour to governmental programmes, what I learned today:
- IZAYDAS bought the facilities from a German company. (So there is a market for second hand waste incinerators.)
- The Turkish export their waste to German waste incinerator factories as it is cheaper to export than to buy and/or build own factories.
- German waste incinerator factories don't have enough waste!
- Italians export their waste to Germany as well.
- IZAYDAS is the first waste incineration company in Turkey. It is a pilot project and now Turkey wants to implement more factories like this one.
- All data from the factory is available online publicly.
- They do not accept radioactive or nuclear waste nor cadavers.
Men in Turkey retire after 22 years of working, women after 20 years. They get a lump sum plus monthly retirement money based on work income. But this might change soon.
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2010 is the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion in adult education. To start his year, the European Commission organised a conference in Brussels, Management Centre of Europe, over three days (26-28 January 2010).
It was the first time I attended a conference like this, and I wanted to take the opportunity to not only meet people and new potential partners, but also to promote eduate.eu. I was the first one to arrive at the Centre and, hence could see who was coming in, and who'd be my first target. :-)
Over the three days, I learned a lot about what those people would like to have and what they need. I questioned and listened to them in the plenary, in workshops and, of course, one on one.
I noticed what people want is a tool to disseminate their projects and outcomes, a tool to network and to see what others are up to, a tool that is simple and easy to use. >> Read more
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