We are pleased to announce that on 26/09/2025, researcher Adriano Silva defended his doctoral thesis entitled ‘Sustainable management of municipal solid waste through waste collection optimisation and plastic upcycling,’ presented in the Doctoral Programme in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and supervised by Prof. Helder Gomes, Prof. Ana Pereira, and Prof. Adrián Silva. CeDRI congratulates the new doctor!