Enacts GS 153A-292.1 to allow a county, by ordinance, to require an owner of improved real property to: (1) place solid waste in specified places or receptacles; (2) separate materials before collection; (3) participate in a recycling program by requiring separation of materials before disposal (also provides for the ownership of recovered materials and prohibits requiring an owner from conveying, selling, donating, or transferring recovered materials to the county); and (4) participate in any solid waste collection service provided by the county or by a person the county contacts with if the property owner or occupant has not otherwise contracted for solid waste collection. Allows a county to impose a fee for solid waste collection, not to exceed the cost of collection.