North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 160A. Cities and Towns § 160A-205.7. Limitations on regulations of auxiliary containers;  shopping carts

(1) Restrict, tax, charge a fee, prohibit, or otherwise regulate the use, disposition, or sale of an auxiliary container.

(2) Regulate the use of shopping carts, including the imposition of a fee or fine on a business for failure to take possession of a shopping cart that was removed from the premises of the business.

(1) Operate a recycling program, a composting program, and a solid waste disposal program as authorized by law.

(2) Regulate the use of auxiliary containers on property owned or maintained by the city.

(1) Auxiliary container.--A bag, cup, package, container, bottle, device, or other packaging made of cloth, paper, plastic, foamed plastic, fiber, expanded plastic, cardboard, corrugated material, aluminum, glass, post-consumer recycled material, or similar coated or laminated material that is designed for the consumption, transportation, or protection of merchandise, food, or beverage at a food service facility, manufacturing facility, distribution facility, processing facility, or retail facility.

(2) Shopping cart.--As defined in G.S. 14-72.3(a)(1).