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When wax burns, it goes through an exothermic (releases energy) chemical reaction, becoming mostly carbon dioxide and water. So technically it's possible to get it back, in the sense that there are reactions the carbon dioxide and water can go through to become wax again, but in the sense I think you're asking, no -- there is no way to get the original wax back. Though the residue may be recycled.

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