North Carolina Bag Ban, Fee & EPR Rules
Verified: July 18, 2026
Bag Ban Status
No statewide bag ban and no statewide preemption of local bag ordinances, so North Carolina municipalities remain free to adopt their own bag rules. The 2009 Outer Banks plastic bag ban (Dare, Currituck, and Hyde Counties) was repealed in 2017 by SB 434.
Plastic Bag Restrictions
None statewide.
Paper Bag Requirements
None.
Recycled Content (PCR)
None.
Fees & Taxation
None.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
No EPR.
Local Ordinances
None significant after 2017 repeal.
Key Dates
n/a