Put Litter in Its Place Symbol

The Put Litter in Its Place Symbol at U+1F6AE is an emoji-style public information sign meaning “dispose of trash here” or “do not litter.” It belongs to Unicode’s Transport and Map Symbols block, alongside other signage pictographs used for facilities, directions, and public-space notices. In everyday digital use, it most often appears in messages about cleaning up, waste bins, parks, beaches, streets, schools, workplaces, and events: “Please clean your table 🚮” or “Beach cleanup this Saturday 🚮.” Municipal accounts, environmental groups, campus organizers, and venue staff may use it in posts reminding people to use bins, keep areas tidy, or follow site rules. It can also be used more figuratively to talk about throwing something away, removing clutter, or rejecting low-quality content, though the recycling symbol and wastebasket emoji are often chosen for those ideas instead. The artwork usually shows a person dropping litter into a bin, so its tone is instructional rather than celebratory or decorative.