Virginia Maclaren

Virginia Maclaren

First Name: 
Virginia
Last Name: 
Maclaren
Title: 
Associate Emerita Professor
Phone : 
(416) 978-3378
Office Location : 
Sidney Smith Hall, Room 5016A, 100 St. George St. Toronto ON
Biography : 

Virginia Maclaren's research interests fall broadly into the fields of waste studies and discard studies with a recent focus on the study of household recycling and waste prevention, reuse, food waste, extended producer responsibility, circular economies and attitudes towards waste facilities. 

Publications

Maclaren, V., Ikiz, E. and Alfred, E. (2022) Meeting Urban GHG Reduction Goals with Waste Diversion: Multi-Residential Buildings. Buildings and Cities. 3(1): 1042-58.

Ikiz, E., Maclaren, V., Alfred, E., Sivanesan, S. (2021) Impact of COVID-19 on household waste flows, diversion and reuse: the case of multi-residential buildings in Toronto, Canada. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 164, 105111.

Soma, T., Li, B., Maclaren, V. (2020). Food waste reduction: A test of three consumer awareness interventions. Sustainability, 12(3), 1-19.

Baxter, J., Maclaren, V., Bayne, J. (2020). How energy from waste (EFW) facilities impact waste diversion behavior: A case study of Ontario, Canada. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 158, 1-11.

Education: 
PhD, Cornell University MPl, University of Ottawa

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Areas of Interest: 

Waste studies, discard studies.

Other Website: 
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https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=u_m7dUkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
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