# Plasteax Docs

## Plasteax Docs

- [Welcome](https://docs.plasteax.earth/readme.md)
- [What is Plasteax?](https://docs.plasteax.earth/what-is-plasteax.md)
- [API Reference](https://docs.plasteax.earth/api-reference.md): A walk through of the prerequisites and contextual knowledge you need to make Plasteax queries.
- [Overview](https://docs.plasteax.earth/get-started/quickstart.md): An overview of what Plasteax is and does and provides
- [Get in touch](https://docs.plasteax.earth/get-in-touch.md)
- [How to fetch data on waste generated in Switzerland](https://docs.plasteax.earth/tutorials/tutorial-1-get-the-domestic-waste-generated-in-switzerland.md): How to query the Plasteax database to obtain the domestic waste generated in Switzerland in 2021.
- [Background](https://docs.plasteax.earth/explainers/background.md): Brief overview of the framework behind the generation and management of plastic waste.
- [Model](https://docs.plasteax.earth/explainers/model.md): Description of the theoretical model behind Plasteax.
- [Step 1: Domestic waste generated](https://docs.plasteax.earth/explainers/model/step-1-domestic-waste-generated.md): Overview of the process to calculate the plastic net input and domestic waste generated within a country.
- [Step 2: Recycling and Export](https://docs.plasteax.earth/explainers/model/step-2-recycling-and-export.md): Overview of the process to determine the shares of recycling and export out of the domestic waste generated.
- [Step 3: Incineration and Landfill](https://docs.plasteax.earth/explainers/model/step-3-incineration-and-landfill.md): Overview of the process to determine the shares of incineration and landfill out of the domestic waste generated.
- [Step 4: Mismanaged Waste and Leakage](https://docs.plasteax.earth/explainers/model/step-4-mismanaged-waste-and-leakage.md): Overview of the process to determine the share domestic waste that is mismanaged and the fraction of the latter that is leaked to oceans and waterways.
- [Data Sources](https://docs.plasteax.earth/explainers/data-sources.md)
- [Definitions](https://docs.plasteax.earth/explainers/definitions.md)
- [Change log](https://docs.plasteax.earth/explainers/change-log.md)


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