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      <image:title>2020 Here We Grow!</image:title>
      <image:caption>compostable bags</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/plastic-versus-covid</loc>
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      <image:title>Plastic versus Covid?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Plastic and reusable bags.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/down_and_dirty_with_compost</loc>
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      <image:title>Down &amp; Dirty with Compost</image:title>
      <image:caption>The life cycle of a compostable bag</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/growing-the-seeds-of-change</loc>
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      <image:title>Growing the Seeds of Change</image:title>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/more-than-meets-the-eye</loc>
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      <image:title>More (Deception) Than Meets the Eye</image:title>
      <image:caption>Plastic pollution buried in a mountain of garbage in trash dump or landfill.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/voice-of-change</loc>
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      <image:title>Let your Voice be the Seed of Change</image:title>
      <image:caption>Speak up and be heard! Write your government leaders about the upcoming plastics ban.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/prepare-for-plastics-ban</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:42:00-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Plastics Ban 2021: How to Rise to the Challenge</image:title>
      <image:caption>Planning ahead for your business to tackle the Canadian Single-use Plastics Ban in 2021 with Refresh Packaging.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/pick-of-the-litter</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:30:59-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Pick of the Litter</image:title>
      <image:caption>Zero waste concept. Use a compostable or paper bag. Zero waste, green and conscious lifestyle changes for Canadian single-use plastics regulations.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/who_is_going_green</loc>
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      <image:title>Who Has Made The Switch?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Who has made the switch to compostable plastics? Check out the successes of cities and municipalities in the battle against plastic.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/mythbusting-paper-vs-compostable-bags-the-transportation-edition</loc>
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      <image:title>Mythbusting Paper vs Compostable Bags: The Transportation Edition</image:title>
      <image:caption>Paper vs Compostable Bags: transportation</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/mythbusting-single-use-paper-bags-do-good-things-come-in-trees</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:29:37-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Mythbusting Single-Use Paper Bags: Do Good Things Come in Trees?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Good Things Come in Trees: Let&apos;s Take Care of the Air we Breathe</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/mythbusting-the-eco-friendly-fantasy-of-paper-bags</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:41:12-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Mythbusting the Eco-friendly Fantasy of Paper Bags</image:title>
      <image:caption>Are paper bags the fairytale heroine or villan?</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/what-customers-really-want</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:31:54-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>What Customers Really Want</image:title>
      <image:caption>People would rather businesses give out compostable bags that they can reuse to collect kitchen scraps and organics, rather than paper bags. ⁠</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/environmental-enlightenment</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:32:47-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0803/1784/1634/articles/2021-University-vs-City-01_de57446f-2a16-4a44-b1a7-7daf841cb729.png?v=1786055567</image:loc>
      <image:title>Environmental Enlightenment</image:title>
      <image:caption>2021 University vs City-01</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/regrets-or-regrowth</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:33:24-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Regrets or Regrowth?</image:title>
      <image:caption>When the Canadian government makes the final draft of legislation to ban single-use plastics, they should learn from the mistakes that have been made in the past, and make the most of our best ally - mother nature.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/clean-air-clean-earth</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:34:39-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Clean Air, Clean Earth</image:title>
      <image:caption>How can your bag choices help to reduce harmful emissions and protect our climate? Using certified compostable bags as the replacement for single-use plastics. </image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/waste-not_want-not</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:35:16-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Best Bag Choice for Retailers</image:title>
      <image:caption>Customer showing rating with happy icon on blue background, Customer satisfaction survey concept, copy space.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/waste-not-want-not</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:36:04-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Waste Not, Want Not</image:title>
      <image:caption>With the federal government of Canada implementing a ban on single-use plastics, are we trading a mole-hill of plastic garbage for a future mountain of it? Instead, we need to ensure compostable bags will take their place.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/reusable-bags-are-they-worth-the-hype</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-23T17:42:51-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Reusable Bags: Are They Worth the Hype?</image:title>
      <image:caption>surreal enigmatic picture on canvas</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/lessons-from-failed-plastic-bans-of-the-past</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:36:36-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0803/1784/1634/articles/Fail_Success4.jpg?v=1786055796</image:loc>
      <image:title>Lessons From Failed Plastic Bans of the Past</image:title>
      <image:caption>Try - Fail - Success. Purpose and movement to success despite obstacles</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/how-to-successfully-ban-plastic</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:37:18-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>How to Successfully Ban Plastic</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jumping</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/facilities-their-strengths-and-their-weaknesses</loc>
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      <image:title>Facilities: Their Strengths and Their Weaknesses</image:title>
      <image:caption>Customer showing rating with happy icon on blue background, Customer satisfaction survey concept, copy space.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/check-out-the-new-kids-on-the-block</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:38:35-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Check Out The New Kids On The Block</image:title>
      <image:caption>High angle view of a lonely man, walking throght the forest</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/the-cool-new-trend-in-checkout-bags</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:39:10-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>The Cool New Trend In Checkout Bags</image:title>
      <image:caption>Circular Economy</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/how-to-support-a-circular-economy</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-06T16:40:35-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>How to Support a Circular Economy</image:title>
      <image:caption>circular economy</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://refreshpackaging.ca/blogs/refresh-packaging-news/whats-really-green-anymore</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-04-23T17:52:38-06:00</lastmod>
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      <image:title>What&apos;s Really &quot;Green&quot; Anymore?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Greenwash</image:caption>
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