Jake Diettrich, manager of Market Outlet, a Pittsburgh produce shop, has been grappling since January with the city’s plastic bag ban. Diettrich has had to calm grumbling patrons, swap his stock of outlawed plastic bags for pricier paper ones and contend with worries that the bag ban and mandatory fees
The number of bags kept out of the stream so far is the equivalent to filling City Hall with bags every eight months, according to a report commissioned by the city.