recycling symbol

Símbolo de reciclaje universal

→ 1F501 🔁  clockwise rightwards and leftwards open circle arrows ⁓ 267B FE0E  text style ⁓ 267B FE0F  emoji style

Information

The recycling symbol is the internet’s green light for reduce, reuse, and rejoice—aka the classic Möbius-style trio of arrows chasing each other in a triangle. It shouts eco-friendly choices, thrift-store triumphs, and compost brags, while also doubling as a wink for anything getting a second life. On Apple devices, it shows up as a bright green circular badge with crisp white curved arrows, pointed tips, and a gentle gradient that makes it look like a shiny sticker you’d slap on a reusable water bottle. Visually, it’s instantly recognizable: three smooth arrows looping clockwise in perfect harmony, a tiny anthem for sustainability.

Definition

The standard suggests this icon be black but Apple colored it green. Good work Apple! Just think of how many trees we will save.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
2. The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	547 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture	Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name	:recycle:
Keywords
Previous Names:	Black Universal Recycling Symbol Universal Recycling Symbol

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Miscellaneous Symbols
Unicode Range	2600–26FF
Unicode Subcategory	Recycling Symbols

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory	Signage and Other Symbols
Names & Annotations	BLACK UNIVERSAL RECYCLING SYMBOL
Symbol Information	♻ U+267B unified (Unicode 3.2)
Proposal Identifier	e-B2C

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	#Exp.42 'Recycle' リサイクル 「risaikuru」 U+E735 SJIS-F9DA JIS-7B5E
KDDI	#807 循環矢印 U+EB79 SJIS-F47D JIS-7B5E
Softbank	↑↓

Emoji Character Encoding Data

Emoji Code Version	iOS 5 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	♻
UTF-8 Character Count	1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	♻
Decimal HTML Entity	♻
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	♻
Hex Code Point(s)	267b
Formal Unicode Notation	U+267B
Decimal Code Point(s)	9851
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE2 0x99 0xBB
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	E2 99 BB
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	342 231 273
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0x267B
UTF-16 Hex	267b
UTF-16 Dec	9851
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0000267B
UTF-32 Hex	267B
UTF-32 Dec	9851
Python Src	u"\u267B"
PHP Src	"\xe2\x99\xbb"
C/C++/Java Src	"\u267B"

Emoji Code Version	iOS 7 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	♻️
UTF-8 Character Count	2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	♻️
Decimal HTML Entity	♻ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	♻ ️
Hex Code Point(s)	267b, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation	U+267B, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)	9851, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE2 0x99 0xBB, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	E2 99 BB, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	342 231 273, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0x267B, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex	267b, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec	9851, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0000267B 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex	267B, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec	9851, 65039
Python Src	u"\u267B\uFE0F"
PHP Src	"\xe2\x99\xbb\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src	"\u267B\uFE0F"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)