Acea Elabori entered into a Collaboration Agreement with Sapienza University of Rome’s Civil and Industrial Engineering Faculty, for the development of an effective training course connected to the needs of the world of work, the dissemination of the scientific culture and student support, and the increasing of female enrolment in the Faculty’s courses, and signed a Framework Agreement with the CNR (Italian National Research Council) to collaborate on minimising the production of sludge and chemical contaminants; on combined treatments for liquid waste, sludge and organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) with the recovery of material and energy with a view to a circular economy and sustainable management; on mobile plants for the localised treatment of sludge and waste; on the issue of atmospheric emissions with a focus on innovative solutions and the sustainable management of water resources.