Begonia & Bench is an Industry 4.0 small business that focuses on unique, hand crafted ecologically intelligent items for your home and garden. Our flagship offering is a premium natural botanical wax candle, made from ecologically renewable crops. The U.S. candle market represents a $3.2 billion industry, with 7 of 10 households using candles regularly. Consuming over 1 billion pounds of wax each year, the U.S. candle market also produces millions of pounds of residential rubbish each year. While we are a small company, we believe we can contribute incrementally to lowering the ecological and carbon impact of candle use in the U.S. We utilize a carbon neutral approach in the manufacture and distribution. and consumption of our products. We use recycled, biodegradable and renewable materials in our products, and work closely with our suppliers and distributors who share the same passion for ecological intelligence. Our candle containers are manufactured in facilities using modern natural gas or solar power plants, and are reusable and recyclable. Our wax is a non-toxic, clean burning botanical wax and our manufacturing principles include ecologically friendly waste management philosophies. Our candle packaging uses compostable, recyclable and renewable materials. Every ounce of rubbish we generate in manufacturing and administrative functions is moved through a series of recycling, reuse, or biodegredation before it can be placed into non-bio waste disposal. Combined with our careful waste management practices, we also utilize wind and solar energy to power our operations.