Lighters are made from and filled with fossil fuel based materials and they can take a millennium to breakdown when thrown away. Matches, on the other hand, come from a precious, but renewable resource. Which is the better of the two evils? According to The Tampa Bay Times and Hawaiian sustainability expert Malama Kaua’i, matches are a more sustainable choice. Even better are cardboard, rather than wood, matches. Cardboard matches are made up largely of recycled paper, while wood matches come straight from the spruce, I mean source.
I light candles at least weekly and enjoy the whole ambiance of the match strike, the heat and glow, and the smell of the wooden match. It’s an introduction to a level of peacefulness into all 5 senses at once.