The litter in bin sign emoji is the universal “put it where it belongs” pictogram: a stick figure calmly dropping tiny bits into a trash bin. It’s perfect for eco-posts, park-cleanup vibes, and gentle reminders that your granola wrapper doesn’t want to live on the sidewalk. Online, it doubles as a clapback—aka the polite way to say “this take belongs in the bin,” “delete this,” or “yeet that thought into oblivion.” It pairs beautifully with 🧹, 🗑️, and ♻️ for full tidy-core energy, and often shows up during Earth Day, spring cleaning, or digital-declutter threads.
On Apple/iOS, it looks like a clean, flat sign: a green rounded square with a white stick figure, one arm extended as little square “litter” pieces fall into a white open-top bin. The straight-on, placard-style perspective makes it instantly recognizable from real-world public signage. People use it seriously for sustainability posts—but also sarcastically for bad memes, cursed screenshots, or ancient group-chat lore that needs to be “taken out with the trash.” Not to be confused with 🚯 (No Littering), this one says “do the right thing,” whether that’s saving the planet or sparing the timeline.
Garbage or litter belongs in a trash can or other waste receptacle. The world would be really gross if people did not put their garbage in the proper place, such as a garbage can. This symbol reminds people how to throw something away. Probably less of a reminder on how and more a reminder to not be lazy.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 665 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 | :put_litter_in_its_place: |
| Keywords | Litter, Waste, Trash, Garbage, Receptacle, Can |
| Previous Names: | Put Litter in its Place Symbol Put Litter In Its Place Symbol |
| Unicode Category | Transport and Map Symbols |
| Unicode Range | 1F680–1F6FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Signage and Other Symbols |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 5 - Current |
|---|---|
| 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) | 1f6ae |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F6AE |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128686 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x9A 0xAE |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 9A AE |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 232 256 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDEAE |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddeae |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 57006 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F6AE |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F6AE |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128686 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F6AE" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x9a\xae" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDEAE" |
