Symbols · Emoji 0.6
♻️Recycling Symbol Emoji
Generally, when someone sends you the ♻️ emoji in a text, they’re showing they agree with something you said or did that’s related to the environment or being responsible. It’s a quick way to say “I’m on board” or “good job!”
The ♻️ emoji is the recycling symbol.
- Unicode
- U+267B U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :recycle:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ♻️ Recycling Symbol emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 3.
People also look for it as recycling emoji, recycle emoji.
02 — Platforms
Recycling Symbol emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the recycling symbol as 9 vendors ship it.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Recycling Symbol emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :recycle:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the recycling symbol, code point U+267B.
04 — How to type
How to type the ♻️ Recycling Symbol emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Recycling Symbol emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the recycling symbol as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
06 — Combinations
Recycling Symbol emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around recycling symbol for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that with ♻️, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
08 — In conversation
What ♻️ means from a girl or a guy
Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.
09 — Around the world
What ♻️ means in other countries
A globally standardized recycling symbol with essentially no cultural variation in meaning.
Marks a topic about recycling, reuse, or eco-conscious choices.
Used literally on product packaging to indicate recyclable material.
Sometimes used loosely for “recycled” ideas or outfits, still easily understood.
Before you send it: Safe to use anywhere sustainability or reuse comes up, with no local reading to worry about.
10 — Apps
What ♻️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the recycling symbol lands changes how it is taken.
11 — Related
Emojis similar to the Recycling Symbol emoji
Same family (other-symbol) — often confused with recycling symbol or used alongside it.
Symbols →
Splatter
〽️Part Alternation Mark
🔱Trident Emblem
⚜️Fleur-de-lis
🔰Japanese Symbol For Beginner
✅Check Mark Button
❇️Sparkle
✳️Eight-spoked Asterisk
Collections ♻️ belongs to — every one of them is a different way people go looking for it:
12 — History
Where the ♻️ Recycling Symbol emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
♻️ existed there as
NTT DoCoMo E735, KDDI au EB79.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Recycling Symbol was approved as U+267B U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ♻️ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
13 — FAQ