The central inquiry of the book revolves around the extent to which ownership regulations can be harnessed to address the waste dilemma. Pursuing answers has involved taking on several fundamental tasks, including defining and problematizing the legal concept of waste (Chapter One); delineating the place of waste within the realms of order (Chapter Two); examining the relationship between technologies and the concept of waste (Chapter Three); and establishing the position of waste within market mechanisms (Chapter Four). The chosen sequence of “law-order-technologies-market” aligns with the primary axis governing waste production.