It has been an enormous pleasure to bring inspiring and challenging leaders to the vehicle recycling community over the last three months and as we head towards summer we wanted to look back over some of the best moments and guests from our first series.

Thanks to all our guests and we hope you have all enjoyed the series, we will be back in September with more challenging and inspiring podcasts from our guests for you to listen to.

Many thanks to:

Mark Robb - Positive Reframe

Roger West - British Vehicle Salvage Fedaration

Adam Murray - Aviva

Alan Colledge - Cawleys

Steve Fletcher - Automotive Recyclers of Canada

Chas Ambrose - Vehicle Recyclers Association

Scott Robertson - Automotive Recyclers Association

Tony Simpson - Institute of Automotive Engineer Assessors

Paul D’Adamo - RAS Cores

David Cresswell - Auto Body Professionals Club

Jane Pocock - Copart UK

Craig Van Batenburg - Fix Hybrid

Adriana Lee - eComply and James Environmental

Adriana Lee is President and Chief Operating Officer of eComply and James Environmental Management, in this podcast we talk to Adriana about environmental compliance, training and leadership, and this is a really good insight into the work that is completed ‘behind the scenes’ to maintain strong environmental standards across the vehicle recycling and vehicle salvage industries.

For more details on eComply and James Environmental check out their websites at https://www.ecomply.com and https://www.jamesenvironmental.com 

In this podcast we welcome Craig VanBatenburg, owner of Auto Careers Development Centre and Fix Hybrid based in Worcester, MA.

Craig has been at the forefront of electric and hybrid vehicle research, training and repairs, has a wealth of stories, experience and knowledge to draw on.

You can find out more about Fix Hybrid at http://www.fixhybrid.com and FAAT CATS, the charity work that Craig leads at http://www.faatcats.org  

Jane is Managing Director of Copart UK. Copart is one of the worlds largest vehicle salvage auction platforms and Jane gives us an insight into the ethos of the organisation and how Copart are maintaining their status as one of the worlds largest salvage auctions and improving the business.

Find out more about Copart UK at https://www.copart.co.uk

David is chairman of the Auto Body Professionals Club (ABP) and has many years experience of the automotive industry, this conversation with David will resonate with collision repairers, vehicle recyclers, insurers, leaders and mangers in the industry.

Find out more about the ABP Club at http://www.abpclub.co.uk and you can download copies of the ABP Industry Yearbook 2019 – 2020 at

http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=29129115-bafd-464b-814e-50496a963f62

  and the ABP State of the Industry Report at

http://edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=342dac66-4617-4c64-98cf-85012a1aa543

Paul is the recall manager for RAS and is responsible for the programme that pays a bounty to vehicle recyclers across North America for vehicle airbags that are subject to recall notices. We talk recalls and how these airbags are processed and how monkeys helped Paul to train a generation of leaders and managers in the vehicle recycling industry. Find out more about Yank that Bag at http://yankthatbag.com and http://www.coresupply.com

Tony is the President of the Institute of Automotive Engineer Assessors and in this episode our conversation focuses on vehicle technology, the salvage code of practice, legislation, recycled parts and engineer licensing. You can find out more about the IAEA at http://www.iaea-online.org

Scott is the President of the Automotive Recyclers Association, in this episode Scott talks about recycled parts, legislation and the benefits the ARA brings to the vehicle recycling industry - you can contact the ARA at https://www.a-r-a.org

Chas Ambrose is the Association Secretary of the Vehicle Recyclers Association, in this conversation we discuss recycled parts, illegal recyclers, salvage code of practice. For more details on the VRA please check out their website https://www.vrauk.org

Steve Fletcher, head of Automotive Recyclers of Canada and the Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association talks about building relationships with government and vehicle manufacturers and the benefits this has brought to the Canadian auto recycling industry; recycled parts and the International Round Table on Automotive Recycling. Contact details and more details can be found at auto recycling canada  https://oara.com and http://irt-autorecycling.org