A wastebasket, as used to discard trash in an office. Generally depicted as a silver, wire-mesh container. Also known as a wastepaper basket, trash/garbage can, or rubbish bin.
Commonly used for various content concerning literal and figurative waste. May also be used in the context of basketball. Sometimes paired with 🔥 Fire as a visual representation of the slang expression dumpster fire ("chatoic situation").
Samsung’s design previously depicted a metal can/bin with a lid, as used for outdoor garbage—or lived in by Oscar the Grouch. Not to be confused with 🧺 Basket.
| Emoji | 🗑️ |
| Unicode Name | Wastebasket |
| Apple Name | Wastebasket |
| Also Known As | Garbage Can, Rubbish Bin, Trash Can, Wastepaper Basket |
| Codepoints | U+1F5D1, U+FE0F |
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | নর ফলর ঝড |
| Danish | papirkurv |
| German | papierkorb |
| English | wastebasket |
| Spanish | papelera |
| French | corbeille à papiers |
| Hindi | कचर पट |
| Italian | cestino |
| Japanese | ごみ箱 |
| Korean | 쓰레기통 |
| Marathi | कचरपट |
| Malay | tong sampah |
| Dutch | prullenmand |
| Norwegian | papirkurv |
| Portuguese | lixeira |
| Swedish | papperskorg |
| Tamil | கபபத தடட |
| Telugu | చతత బటట |
| Chinese | 垃圾桶 |





















































