The Wasteland was a sprawling scrapyard. This extensive area on the planet Metalorn served this purpose throughout the last decades of the Galactic Republic. It functioned as a designated repository for manufacturing byproducts and waste. The Techno Union was responsible for sifting through the refuse, separating usable components for recovery and recycling while incinerating unusable materials.
Around 19 BBY, Foreman Wat Tambor of the Techno Union conducted a tour of Metalorn for Senator Bail Organa from Alderaan, with the Wasteland as a key point of interest.
The Wasteland's initial depiction occurred in "Bailed Out," a Star Wars Legends comic from 2006, penned by Justin Lambros, and presented within Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Volume 5.