Evergreen Candleworks – soy candle company

If you haven’t jumped on the soy candle bandwagon, now is a pretty good time.

Candles made of soy are healthier – to a point – and are made cleaner and greener. Basic wax paraffin-based candles are made with petroleum, which we all know is a non-renewable resource while soy candles are made with a rapidly renewable resource. Wax candles also burn dirty, leaving more soot in your home and lungs than soy-based candles; the EPA notes that many known carcinogens have been found in measurable amounts when wax is burned. Additionally, wax candles tend to have unnatural fragrances (chemicals) added, while many soy candle companies use natural scents.

If you have allergies or asthma soy candles still aren’t great for your lungs, but overall, they do burn cleaner than wax.

One cool company making soy candles and lotion bars is Evergreen Candleworks. Some general eco-perks of Evergreen include…

• Family-owned eco-business.
• Their soy candles are handmade from pure, 100% natural soybeans and then enhanced with botanical oils.
• Soy wax is biodegradable and 100% vegetable; no beeswax or petroleum products hidden in it.
• Their soy wax is free of pesticides, herbicides and Genetically Modified Material.
• Wicks are 100% cotton (no lead, tin, or zinc core).
• The company uses 100 % wind power to make their candles
• Company recycling program in place.
• Recyclable packaging used for products.
• Containers for soy candles and soy lotion bars are washable (soy wax cleans out easily, unlike paraffin wax) and totally reusable.
• Beautiful candles and lotion bars and a wide choice of containers.

Coming up I’ve got some Evergreen Candleworks product reviews; including both soy candles and their soy lotion bars. Stay tuned!

Have you tried soy candles yet?

[images via Evergreen Candleworks]