INTERVIEW
Recycler to Watch Interview by Caryn Smith
Dalbert Livingstone
B Automotive Recycling
usiness building on the east coast of Canada, Dalbert Livingstone, president of Island Auto Supply in Charlottetown PEI, is a progressive automotive recycler to watch. He owns the business with his wife, Tabitha, who serves as its secretary/
treasurer. Operating this family-owned facility is just one of his many roles in the industry. In 2012, Living- stone took on a board position in Automotive Recy- clers Association of Atlantic Canada (ARAAC). He also is a past-ARA board member, serving for the last four years. Both positions have led him straight to his newest endeavor as chair of the Automotive Recyclers of Canada (ARC), succeeding Wally Dingman who stepped down after 13 years of service to ARC (see page 12). “I loved getting to know the people on the ARA and ARAAC boards. It is a really great group and I learned a lot. My biggest take away from both board expe- riences is a drive to succeed that I saw in other auto recyclers, like Scott Robertson Jr. and Chad Councilman on the ARA board,” says Livingstone.
“I have watched Dalbert grow as a person and as a business leader over his young career,” says Steve Fletcher, the Managing Director of ARC. “He takes on any challenge head on with a desire to learn, grow
– and help those around him achieve success too. Dalbert not only runs a top-notch business, but he has taken the leadership of our national association in Canada – and he is a good, kind person along the way. Yes – Dalbert is a recycler to watch.” Now that he has a larger role in the Canadian industry, Automotive Recycling caught up with him to learn more about his journey in the business.
The Early Days Island Auto Supply was founded in 1966 by Harvey Livingstone, Dalbert’s grandfather. After years of col- lecting parts to fix cars, he finally had enough to make a business out of it. “He was orig- inally getting parts for a car he had that needed fixing, and then just kept getting more parts which people would come and buy from him. By 1980s, he had a big ware- house of parts on the original property. Eventually, we moved the business to this location,” says Livingstone.
While his father had little interest in the parts business –
he went on to own a landscaping business – Living- stone’s grandfather set his eyes on his grandson. “As a child, I was always around the business, playing out back, stealing pop from the pop machine. My punish- ment for wrong doings was picking up garbage in the yard,” he says.
May-June 2021 // 57
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64
