13-2023.

County, municipality, or agency; regulations authorized; limitations; noncompliance fee; regulation of containers; prohibited; exceptions.

(1) A county, municipality, or agency may, by ordinance or resolution, adopt regulations governing collection, source separation, storage, transportation, transfer, processing, treatment, and disposal of solid waste within its solid waste jurisdiction area as necessary to protect the public health and welfare and the environment. Regulations authorized by this section shall be equal to or more stringent than the provisions of the Integrated Solid Waste Management Act and rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the council as authorized by the act. Any person who violates any such regulation shall be subject to a noncompliance fee not to exceed five hundred dollars.

(2) A county, municipality, or agency shall not adopt, enforce, or otherwise administer an ordinance or resolution that prohibits the use of or that sets standards, fees, prohibitions, or requirements regarding the sale, use, or marketing of containers. This subsection shall not apply to county, municipality, or agency recycling or solid waste collection programs, or restrict such programs from the environmental and lawful operation of program facilities and imposition of user fees at such facilities, except that in no event shall such programs prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the sale, use, or marketing of any containers.