introducing...

The electric compactors are named Rosie the Rubbisher (for trash) and Stone Cold Squeeze Often (for recycling). 

These two machines can be found at our east side drop-off location at 4602 Sycamore Ave.

 

how the voting worked

The voting was similar to a ranked choice style election.  However, to be perfectly clear, this was not a textbook ranked-choice election.  (You can learn more about ranked choice from this Washington Post video explainer)

In our election, voters picked who their preferences were and each preference was given a set number of points.

Voters first choice for the name received 5 points.  The second choice received 4 points.  The third choice received 3 points.  The fourth choice received 2 points. And the fifth choice received 1 point.

The total points from all the preferences were added together and the name with the most points won.

For example, let's look at the trash compactor vote below.

Rosie the Rubbisher received 365 first choice votes, 355 second choice votes, 198 third choice votes, 196 fourth choice votes, and 111 fifth choice votes.

This means Rosie appeared on 1,225 ballots.

To get to the point total, the formula looks like this:

(365 x 5) + (355 x 4) + (198 x 3) + (196 x 2) + (111 x 1) = 4,342 total points.

 

voting breakdowns

Trash Compactor Name

Rosie the Rubbisher did not receive the most first place votes. However, the name did receive a significant number of second place votes.  It was the wide margin of second place votes that propelled this choice to victory.

Rankings
TRASH COMPACTOR 1 2 3 4 5 Total Ballot Appearances Total Points
Rosie the Rubbisher 365 355 198 196 111 1225 4342
Crush Farley 392 230 195 136 115 1068 3852
Trashy McTrashface 326 217 184 136 147 1010 3469
Squashbob Trashpants 233 226 204 170 137 970 3158
Alexander Cramilton 198 224 212 182 152 968 3038
Oscar 181 164 181 173 177 876 2627
General George S. Flatten 131 154 162 141 130 718 2169
Compressor X 82 121 156 135 157 651 1789
TrashKhaaaaan! 92 102 100 105 87 486 1465
Smashley Simpson 65 74 93 103 88 423 1194
Bill S. PressTrash, Esquire 57 82 69 68 85 361 1041
The Crusher 54 63 91 74 98 380 1041
Debris Larson 36 34 58 60 66 254 676
Harry Squasher 26 45 53 55 70 249 649
Squarin' Rodgers 19 32 44 48 56 199 507

 

Recycling Compactor Name

Stone Cold Squeeze Often received only the third-most total rankings out of all of the choices.  In other words, in only appeared on the third-most number of ballots.  However, Stone Cold received many more first place votes than the nearest competitor, which boosted the overall point total.

Rankings
RECYCLING COMPACTOR 1 2 3 4 5 Total Ballot Appearances Total Points
Stone Cold Squeeze Often 419 190 164 148 101 1022 3744
Sir Crushalot 304 255 209 180 159 1107 3686
George Squashington 228 252 248 171 124 1023 3358
Ron Squeezely 180 233 196 157 161 927 2895
Pulverine 169 214 185 197 172 937 2822
Flatten Oswalt 157 209 168 145 104 783 2519
Recycly Recyclerson 143 114 126 108 113 604 1878
Compatrick 93 123 111 113 128 568 1644
(Shut Up, Welsey) Crusher 162 80 78 58 50 428 1530
Crushin Bob Laflatten 109 85 94 67 69 424 1370
Princess Press 79 88 99 98 108 472 1348
Compressica Simpson 57 83 95 89 100 424 1180
The Comingler 66 57 60 71 76 330 956
Lin Manuel Squaranda 52 54 72 67 62 307 888
CompacTed Theordore Logan 37 40 32 27 31 167 526

 

Why the compactors matter

While compactors may not be a headline-grabbing contribution to fighting emissions, this change has a significant impact.

By changing to electric compactors, the Streets Division will be saving 8 gallons of diesel fuel for every hour the drop-off sites are open.

This means in just one week, the electric compactors will save 356 gallons of diesel at the Sycamore drop-off site and preventing 8,000 pounds of C02 from being emitted.

 

meet the compactors

Both compactors are in use at our drop-off site at 4602 Sycamore Ave.

 

Here is Rosie the Rubbisher, our electric trash compactor

Rosie the Rubbisher decal

(And here's an older folder of the compactor before the decal)

Tan compactor for trash. But it has no name. Any ideas?

 

Here is Stone Cold Squeeze Often, our recyclables compactor:

Stone Cold Squeeze Often decal

(And here's an older photo of the compactor before the decal)

Here's the green compactor for recycling. Does important work - but what should we name it?