“I don’t believe in Fly-By,” she says. “I go back to Currier, and I’m back in time for my 1:00 class. And I think going to Fly-By and using all these disposable things just creates so much waste.”

But, she says, she understands why some students still frequent Fly-By.

“I still think that it would be better if we got rid of Fly-By altogether, but I understand that from HUDS’ perspective and Harvard’s perspective that that’s something a lot of students would complain about,” she says. “It would be hard for that small number of students who really can’t eat lunch and don’t want to get Greenhouse [Café food] every single day because it’s expensive.”

Martin says that HUDS selected the solution that allowed Fly-By to continue operating with the most sustainable practices.

But Mayer is leaving the door open on any potential future changes to Fly-By.

“I think it’s great,” he says. “Does that mean that there aren’t some tweaks that could satisfy you, the student body, that are reasonable? Of course not.”

—Staff writer Naveen N. Srivatsa can be reached at srivatsa@fas.harvard.edu.