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.