CHICAGO, IL—Channeled Resources Group announced with great pleasure that Calvin Frost has been selected as the 2015 William D. Schaeffer Environmental Award recipient. Calvin is highly regarded as one of the most distinguished proponents for the use of environmentally conscious practices in the global label and tag industry.
Calvin’s path to receiving this award began in 1978 when he created the paper recycling firm, Channeled Resources. Over the past three decades, Channeled Resources has transformed into a global firm offering repurposing solutions for both manufacturers and consumers of coated, treated and laminated papers and films—formerly deemed “unrecyclable.”
Throughout his career, Calvin has been a vocal advocate for the implementation and retention of good environmental practices within the industry. Through his work, he was unanimously recognized as Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute’s Supplier of the Year in 2010. He was awarded the R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006, which recognized his global contribution to improving and changing environmental and sustainability issues in the tag and label industry. Calvin has also chaired numerous committees and taskforces within the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute and FINAT, the European Label Association that oversees the development of numerous education and sustainability programs.
During the judging, one panel member remarked, “It’s tough for most people to go beyond the scope of the industry, but others do a tremendous job. Calvin has gone way beyond that—way beyond. He has made a national and international impact.”
“I have had the pleasure of working with Calvin for many years, and he is a true visionary and tireless in his effort at providing solutions to the printing industry. He seeks out and finds innovative approaches to solving common environmental problems faced by printing operations,” said Gary Jones, assistant vice president environmental, health and safety affairs.
Calvin will be formally presented with an engraved plaque at Printing Industries of America’s Spring Administrative Meetings in Chandler, AZ on June 11.