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

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

 

Here is Stone Cold Squeeze Often, our recyclables compactor:

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