Earlier this week, the Municipality of The Hague made € 400.000 extra available in the exchange scheme for dirty diesel cars and mopeds and mopeds. Alderman Liesbeth van Tongeren (Sustainability and Energy Transition) announced this. This is in addition to the previously announced € 300.000, which has run out due to the success of the scheme. Residents who trade in their diesel car will receive a credit of € 1.000. Scrapping a moped or light-moped results in a credit of € 400. Residents of The Hague with a small purse who are in possession of an Ooievaarspas have been receiving € 750 since the beginning of this year.

Alderman van Tongeren: 'The success of the scheme means that more and more residents of The Hague - more than 500 this year - are opting for cleaner alternatives to transport. That's good news for anyone who suffers from bad air.

Since January 450 mopeds, bicycles and 65 diesel cars have already been returned. Owners of cars or mopeds who make use of the scheme can use the credit for an (electric) bicycle, an electric moped or light moped or a card for traveling by public transport. The credit on the public transport card can also be used to rent a shared car and public transport bicycles. 

The scheme is in line with the expansions of the environmental zones that will be gradually introduced in the coming years. As of December 1, 2020, two-stroke mopeds and light mopeds from before January 1, 2011 are no longer allowed to drive in The Hague. From mid-2021 there will be an environmental zone for diesels in the center, where only passenger cars and vans from emission class 4 will be allowed. These are diesel cars with a year of construction from approximately 2006. For diesel trucks, the existing environmental zone will then be expanded, and from 2022 only trucks and buses with emission class 6 will be allowed there. These are vehicles built from approximately 2014. 

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