In this episode of All Things Circular, hosts Peter Evans and Rich Bulger sit down with Alexander Olesen, founder and CEO of Buckstop, to discuss how his team is solving one of the clean-energy industry’s biggest blind spots: what happens when “green” technology reaches the end of its life.

Alexander shares how Buckstop’s new end-of-life management platform is helping solar, battery, and EV infrastructure operators measure, assess, and recover the true value of their assets. From the rise of landfill bans to the challenge of decommissioning costs, he explains why clean energy’s waste problem is both urgent and full of opportunity, and how Buckstop’s “Kelley Blue Book for Solar” could redefine how the world values renewable hardware.

Throughout the conversation, Peter, Rich, and Alexander explore how AI-powered data modeling, regulatory shifts, and circular design are shaping the next generation of sustainable energy systems. They also examine the myth that decommissioning costs offset residual value, revealing the hard financial truths that solar developers can no longer ignore.

By bringing transparency, technology, and circular thinking to the renewable-energy lifecycle, Buckstop is proving that green energy isn’t truly green unless it’s circular.

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