What will you spend your $ 10 on ? <| sep |> The one where she has a guitar . thats all info I ' m giving you <| sep |> Could just be a black maid la Strom Thurmond <| sep |> I admit that food production has negative externalities like CO 2 emmissions and animal suffering . If food items have more negative externalities than the average product then I agree that food waste is worse than other forms of waste because above average negative externalities waste is worse than average negative eternalities waste . I ' d also like to point out that I believe that these externalities should be internalised through taxes and that we should absolutely stop subsidizing the farming industry . But once that happens the argument becomes void as fas as I can see at the moment . I ' d also argue that the cost of negative externalities should be significant . 1 cent per dollar of food wasted wouldn ' t really change my mind . What exactly do you mean when you say that water is cheaper than it should be ? Sure , another form of waste is buying an item that you end up not using or donating or recycling . Assume that the item produces an average amount of negative externalities . Other examples I ' ve given are waste of electricity , water and gasoline but these also cause negative externalities . For now I ' m willing to concede that wasting an item is particularly bad if it produces significantly more negative externalities than the average product .