PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF WHAT DEFINES US AND OUR DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES.
At Meinl, it is of utmost importance to ensure that all of our operations are being
executed utilizing the highest possible level of environmental care and preservation.
When buying a Meinl cymbal, you can be sure of this. You have our word.
WATER CONSERVATION
A specially developed vacuum distillation system for our cymbal degreasing unit enables us to save approx. 90,000 liters (23,775 gallons) of drinking water per year.
PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM
Our own solar-power-plant (Photovoltaic-System) produces approx. 50,000 kilowatt hours every year which we feed into the public electricity system. This is enough energy to supply 16 houses with the electricity needed, or to cover one-third of our own electrical demands.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
All of the electricity used in our facility is produced from renewable energies and comes from water power plants. By doing this we reduce the carbon monoxide emission, which the production of the electricity for our operations would cause if normal energies were used, from 200 tons per year, down to zero.
METAL RECYCLING
All of the metal waste emerging from the production process is returned to our raw material suppliers. There those valuable metal components will be entirely recycled.
CLEAN AIR EXHAUST
Specially engineered air-filtration systems for our polishing- and lacquering machines ensure the exhaust of only pure and clean air back into the environment.
SAVING ELECTRICITY
To keep our electricity usage at a minimum level, all of the buildings are equipped with motion sensors. Additionally, a centralized lighting and machinery control panel prevents the unnecessary waste of electricity.
WASTE RECYCLING
For us it goes without saying that all of the different kinds of waste, such as paper, plastic, cardboard, styrofoam, biological litter, and other components are disposed separately. Waste is a valuable raw material and should be treated as such by recycling.