What To Do With Cracked Wax Luminaries? Candles West Will Recycle!

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Dear Friends,
We are lucky to work with team members who consider the environment. Our Director of Floral and Event Design Kate Brack and our Project Manager Michael Alvarado recently surveyed our inventory to check for defects and damage. They found a lot of damaged wax luminaries they did not just want to toss in the rubbish. Michael: "As you know we have been working with Candles West for many years now. I spoke to Patty Henningsen and Jason Munsayac and they decided to take back our old wax and recycle it." Our warehouse team packed! The truck left for Phoenix. It was quite a surprise for Candles West! Jason Munsayac wrote:


All of us here at Candles West would like to thank you and your staff for your commitment to the environment by saving, sorting and shipping more than 2,000 lbs of candle wax back to us for recycling and re-purposing. We were very surprised to see that much wax from one customer.   

  I wanted to share with you the process we use when we receive dirty or unusable wax for recycling. First, we place all of the wax in a large double-boiler to slowly melt the wax and allow all the dirt, debris and contaminants settle to the bottom.  We then filter the liquid wax several times to remove additional contaminants.  After the wax has been “cleaned” we add a few additives to stabilize the wax.  Next, we pour the wax into square pans and allow the wax to cool.  Once hard, we will store the wax and slowly blend a small portion of the recycled wax into new wax for new products.  This process usually takes about 4 or 5 days.  In our business, we have found this is the best way to re-purpose unusable wax.
With all sincerity and gratitude, thank you so much for committing to a cleaner and safer environment by choosing to recycle instead of disposing a large amount of wax into a landfill.  
Thank you, Jason Munsayac/President/Candles West


We asked Jason whether Candles West can handle more recycling and they absolutely encourage all their customers to contact them to start recycling their wax luminaries!
Candles West can be reached via email: Patty@candleswest.com or by calling 602-472-0298.

We thank Jason and Patty for their extraordinary commitment to our green planet and Kate and Michael and our team for taking that extra step!

Janet






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