Worshipper upcycles discarded church candles to help the environment
HUNDREDS of thousands of discarded candles are ending up in landfill every year. That discovery so troubled John Powell, a worshipper at St Peter’s, Prestbury, in Manchester, that he began to collect the leftover wax from candles at St Peter’s and upcycle them into votives, with a view both to saving money and to helping the environment
23 Jan 2026