Washington D.C. Now Has an 'Inspector' to Enforce the Ban on Plastic Straws

Washington D.C. Now Has an 'Inspector' to Enforce the Ban on Plastic Straws:
“Being found with a straw can earn you an $800 fine.”
The Department of Energy and Environment in Washington, DC, now has someone to enforce the ban on plastic straws. 
Will you sleep better tonight knowing this scourge upon society is being dealt with properly?

Fenit Nirappil reports at the Washington Post:

"On patrol with the enforcer of D.C.’s plastic-straw ban

Warning letters in hand, Zach Rybarczyk patrolled the food court at Union Station, looking for offenders.
Past Auntie Anne’s, past Johnny Rockets.
At Lotus Express, a Chinese food joint, Rybarczyk peeled the wrapper from a red straw and bent the end — the telltale giveaway.
Plastic.
Washington has become the latest city in a nationwide movement to ban plastic straws, and it’s up to Rybarczyk, an inspector for the D.C. Department of Energy and Environment, to enforce the new law..."

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