Here is the latest update from Cardiff Council, covering: views invited on Cardiff's draft waste strategy; planting 1,700 trees in Tremorfa Park; vaccination totals for Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan; Cardiff's case and test numbers; Llandaff Fields Play Area reopens after extensive revamp.

Views invited on Cardiff's draft waste strategy

A six-week public consultation on how Cardiff will meet Welsh Government recycling targets by 2025 and make Cardiff one of the greenest cities in the UK opened this week.

Cardiff is currently the leading, major, regional city in the UK for recycling. Since 2018 around 58% of waste produced in the city is recycled or composted.

However, Welsh Government has tasked Cardiff with increasing this rate to 64% as quickly as possible and to 70% by 2025.

Residents are being asked to give their views on seven key initiatives designed to improve the city's recycling and composting rate, including:

• Improving the quality of the recycling material collected. Residents are being asked to give their views on two different collection systems - a ‘three-stream collection', with separate containers provided for paper and card (fibres); metal and plastics; and glass and jars; and a ‘full kerbside sort', this normally includes at least four containers for different materials.
• Increasing the amount of recycling. Residents are being asked their views on recycling food waste, garden waste, business (trade) waste, and the use of Recycling Centres.
• Increasing the opportunity for residents to recycle, via bulky recycling collections, developing new community facilities, and establishing mobile pop-up recycling events closer to residents' homes.
• Using data to identify and target areas where the recycling rate is low and carrying out targeted actions, such as outreach work in these communities to increase the recycling rate.
• Reducing single use plastics through the Refill Cymru initiative whereby the public can refill water bottles at cafes free of charge.
• Encouraging and supporting the reuse and repair of materials in line with the EU Waste Hierarchy - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Developing initiatives like Repair Café Wales, Benthyg Cymru and the Cabin at Lamby Way, which is a reuse shop.
• Developing a circular economy, using electric vehicles, waste minimisation education in schools, and deposit-return schemes.

Read more here:

https://www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/28500.html

Planting 1,700 trees in Tremorfa Park

Over 1,700 trees have been planted in Tremorfa Park for the Queen's Green Canopy (QGC) at a special event to commemorate Cardiff's status as a Champion City.

More than 150 volunteers from the local community were invited to "Plant a Tree for the Jubilee", in partnership with Trees for Cities and the QGC, at Tremorfa Park on Saturday 12 February.

The tree planting event also contributes to Cardiff Council's ambitious Coed Caerdydd project which will see over 16,000 trees planted across the city this year, over 3x more trees than we planted in 2019.

Local schoolchildren from Moorland Primary and St Alban's RC Primary Schools launched the planting in the park ahead of the volunteer event, planting 250 trees on Friday 11 February.

The trees will help to significantly increase tree canopy cover in the city and support habitats and food for local wildlife.

Read more here:

https://www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/28504.html

Cardiff & Vale University Health Board Vaccination Status Update - 15 February

Data provided by CAVUHB

Based on the figures available at the time of publication.

Please note that there may be minor amendments to data as it is validated over time.

The total number of vaccination doses given by the Cardiff & Vale University Health Board so far, in both local authority areas:  1,073,718 (1^stDose: 401,143 2^ndDose: 374,822 3^rdDose: 8,072 Boosters: 289,579)

Cohort Data - Last updated: 14 February 2022

• 80 and over: 22,207 / 95% (1^stDose) 22,050 / 94.3% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 20,490 / 92.9% (Booster)
• 75-79: 16,775 / 96.6% (1^stDose) 16,661 / 95.9% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 15,449 / 92.7% (Booster)
• 70-74: 21,152 / 95.9% (1^stDose) 21,022 / 95.3% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 19,582 / 93.2% (Booster)
• 65-69: 22,732 / 94.2% (1^stDose) 22,499 / 93.2% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 20,739 / 92.2% (Booster)
• 60-64: 27,023 / 92.2% (1^stDose) 26,666 / 91% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 24,340 / 91.3% (Booster)
• 55-59: 29,701 / 90.2% (1^stDose) 29,237 / 88.8% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 26,385 / 90.2% (Booster)
• 50-54: 29,055 / 87.9% (1^stDose) 28,451 / 86.1% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 25,104 / 88.2% (Booster)
• 40-49: 56,590 / 81.9% (1^stDose) 54,826 / 79.3% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 45,656 / 83.3% (Booster)
• 30-39: 63,313 / 77.1% (1^stDose) 59,732 / 72.8% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 43,328 / 72.5% (Booster)
• 18-29: 83,564 / 79.3% (1^stDose) 75,391 / 71.6% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 46,872 / 62.2% (Booster)
• 16-17: 4,033 / 71.1% (1^stDose) 2,987 / 52.7% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 55 / 1.8% (Booster)
• 13-15: 13,912 / 57.1% (1^stDose) 8,380 / 34.4% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose)

• Severely Immuno-suppressed: 6,947 / 98.1% (1^stDose) 6,238 / 88.1% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 18 / 0.3% (Booster)
• Care home residents: 1,987 / 98.6% (1^stDose) 1,971 / 97.8% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 1,822 / 92.4% (Booster)
• Care Home Workers: 3,698 / 99% (1^stDose) 3,644 / 97.6% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 2,905 / 79.7% (Booster)
• Healthcare Workers: 27,198 / 98.2% (1^stDose) 26,934 / 97.2% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 24,269 / 90.1% (Booster)
• Social Care Workers**: 8,162 / 82.2% (Booster)
• Clinically extremely vulnerable: 10,780 / 94.7% (1^stDose) 10,621 / 93.3% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 6,105 / 57.5% (Booster)
• Underlying Health Conditions: 46,322 / 90.8% (1^stDose) 45,009 / 88.2% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 38,261 / 85% (Booster)
• Underlying Health Conditions (12-15): 657 / 63.4% (1^stDose) 470 / 45.4% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 44 / 9.4% (Booster)
• Underlying Health Conditions (5-11): 481 / 37.5% (1^stDose)

*Those who have received two COVID-19 vaccine doses, with the exception of those who are severely immunosuppressed who are recommended three doses

**Data taken from an alternative source

Cardiff Cases and Tests - 7 Days Data (04 February - 10 February 2022)

Based on latest figures from Public Health Wales

Data correct as of:

14 February 2022

Cases: 1,434

Cases per 100,000 population: 390.8 (Wales: 326.8 cases per 100,000 population)

Testing episodes: 4,451

Testing per 100,000 population: 1,213.1

Positive proportion: 32.2% (Wales: 28.6% positive proportion)

Llandaff Fields Play Area reopens after extensive revamp

Schoolchildren from Llandaff City C.I.W. Primary School officially opened Llandaff Fields Play Area on Friday, where children are now welcome to explore and play after completion of a huge revamp.

Works at Llandaff Fields Play Area started in October 2021 and completed on Friday 11 February.

Cardiff Parks Department invited schools from across the city to provide their thoughts and ideas on how the play area could be developed.

Pupils from Creigiau Primary School, Kitchener Primary School, Millbank Primary School, Severn Primary School, St Cuthbert's Primary, St David's Primary School, St Monica's Primary School as well as separate entries from other children submitted their drawings and ideas.

Following the children's ideas, Cardiff council developed the central embankment into a new play feature - increasing the height and adding new rubber surfacing.

Children are also able to enjoy:

• 3 large new slides
• climbing nets
• climbing ropes
• large sphere stepping-stones
• new benches, paths and other climbing play equipment will also be added to the space.

Read more here:

https://www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/28497.html