# Welcome

Welcome to the Plasteax documentation! Here you'll find an overview of all the features Plasteax has to help you reduce and better manage your plastic packaging waste.

You'll find information about our API, the model we use to calculate end-of-life data, and how to use Plasteax for all your waste management data needs.

| **Latest Plasteax version** | **1.4**                    |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| **Available COUNTRIES**     | **76**                     |
| **Available YEARS**         | **2019, 2020, 2021, 2022** |

### Jump right in

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th><th data-hidden></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Overview</strong></td><td>Learn about Plasteax</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="get-started/quickstart">quickstart</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>API Reference</strong></td><td>Learn the basics of our API</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="api-reference">api-reference</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Model</strong></td><td>How we calculate EOL data</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="explainers/model">model</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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