🗑️ Wastebasket
Also known as: Garbage Can, Rubbish Bin, Trash Can, Wastepaper Basket
Description
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.
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| Platform | Shortcode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Emojipedia | :wastebasket: | |
| GitHub | :wastebasket: | |
| Slack | :wastebasket: | |
| Discord | :wastebasket: |
Additional Information
An office trash can, also known as a waste paper basket, bin, or wastebasket. Shown with a wire mesh on most platforms, except LG which show http://emojipedia.org/wastebasket/
- Exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.
- Dispose of (something useless or old)
- Throw or toss with a light motion
- To throw.
- A container for litter, rubbish, etc.
- Small open container for discarded paper.
- A waste container is a container for temporarily storing waste, and is usually made out of metal or plastic.
- A small open container for discarded paper etc; a wastebasket.
- A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
- Or "Trash can"
- Food waste or food loss is food that is discarded or cannot be used.
- Type of waste
- A container into which things are discarded.
- Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
- Unwanted or undesired waste material
- Waste generated by residential households and comprised of any material no longer wanted or needed.