While food banks like ours greatly reduce CO2 emissions by taking significant steps to reduce food waste, the most difficult and costly barriers of creating a fully sustainable operation is the amount of "to go" supplies needed by our food distributions around New York City. Our budget has not allowed the shift to non-PLA compostable forks and spoons, but the increase in cost would allow us to reduce our annual plastic waste by just over 2,000 pounds. We hope to provide the dozens of distributions we provide good to around New York City with compostable cutlery in an effort to increase the sustainability of our operation.