Environmental Policy production extra virgin olive oil

 The Company Oil Schirinzi is particularly sensitive to environmental issues arising from the production of extra virgin olive oil. The problems ambiantali to which the company has particular interest because of their relevance are: methods of cultivation of olive trees, environmental modalities of pressings of the olives and the use of clean energy during all processes.

Phase cultivation of olive groves

As regards the cultivation of olive trees in company techniques are used and methods of so-called Integrated Production, ie systems which allow to obtain a product as possible with low environmental impact. This is due to the constant advice in the company of figures progessionali, such as agronomists, during all phases of both biological and seasonal plants.

Phase pressing of the olives

Once collected and supplied the olives for pressing in their own oil mill by our company from all the technical procedures for the extraction of extra virgin olive oil from the paste takes place under conditions of lower temperature level which can not exceed 27° C so that we can boast of the mention of oil Cold Extraction. The reduction of the temperature in this phase is crucial both to maintain unchanged the organoleptic profiles of the oils obtained and both to reduce the environmental impact resulting from the heating of the pastes olearie. In other words a lower heating temperature entails higher quality product and at the same time less environmental pollution as well as a reduction in business costs.

Phase energy use during the processes

Regarding the aspect of energy utlizzata during all processes of pressing, bottling and storage of the product in 2012, the Company Olearia Schirinzi it is equipped with a photovoltaic system sull’opificio in which the activity takes place. The system created allows a total annual production of 100 MWh , thus allowing the next few years, and since the oil campaign , 2012, to fully cover the annual electricity demand of electricity necessary to your business, whether that third parties on their own. In this case, the environmental impact is then cleared using only clean solar energy.

In conclusion, our company adopts environmental policies oil production on their own account and that of our customers growers getting an Extra Virgin Olive Oil with very low environmental impac, with:

• zero emissions from clean solar energy;
• cold extraction process;
• integrated agricultural production.