What does 🚮 Litter in Bin Sign mean?
A figure dropping rubbish into a bin, the classic “please dispose of litter” pictogram. It works literally for clean-up days, tidy-room updates and reminders to take out the trash, but online it is just as often a verdict: this is garbage. People reply with it to a bad take, a terrible film or an ex’s message, and some aim it at themselves in a self-deprecating way. The tone is dismissive and usually playful.
🚮 Litter in Bin Sign is an emoji from the Symbols category (transport & facility signs), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
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🚮 Litter in Bin Sign on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Litter in Bin Sign looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Litter in Bin Sign emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🚮 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :put_litter_in_its_place:.
When was the Litter in Bin Sign emoji added?
🚮 Litter in Bin Sign was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🚮 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Litter in Bin Sign. The underlying code (U+1F6AE) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.