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In response to my own question here is one reason throwing noodles could be beneficial.

You only need to get 2-3 noodles across to the other alliance.
They need to be spread apart.

The strategy behind it:
You sacrifice ~3 points by not putting it in your own landfill - if your bot can place (not stack) 2 totes in the same time it takes to move noodles to the landfill then it's not much of a loss to you.

The other alliance now has to make a choice...

Choice one - ignore the ~3 noodles thrown on your own side.
pro - you gain more points with the totes/bins
con - you let the other alliance gain 12 pts

Choice two - landfill the noodles
pro - other alliance losses 3 pts
con - you don't gain as many points as you would while focusing on totes/bins

This is also dependent on where the noodles land of course. Next to the landfill requires a simple push. Spread on the far end requires time to gather.

Think about it a bit before outright poopooing it.