Not at all! It preserves and defends the environment: it slows down metal corrosion, enlarges their lifetime, so diminishing the raw material consumption. Zinc is recyclable and as per today 30% out of 7 million tons of zinc produced all around the world comes from recycling. Zinc is one of the fundamental metals that constitute the frame of the organisms: it is contained in the human body and it is a major element even in improving the quality of the soil for agricultural purposes.