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Still, isn't it better to plan so you won't have to throw food away? For example: if I cook a big pot of lentils to last me all week, and then end up eating at friends' houses several times and my lentils are smelling bad, I'll throw them out, but I'll make a mental note not to make such a big pot next time, or to put some in the freezer if I think I'll be away a lot.
These aren't contradictory. Throw away food that doesn't have value through needed nutrition or net pleasure. At the point you realize this, the waste has already occurred - you don't actually avoid the waste by eating it.
You should also plan as well as possible to avoid waste, but those decisions are made at a different point in time, with different levels of uncertainty about the future value of the food.