Waste Icons

Build your own waste icon: pick a container, colour it and print a word on it. Every icon is a plain SVG behind a stable URL, so you can drop it into a website, a calendar, a dashboard or a smart home UI without hosting a single file yourself.

Build your icon

Container

Wheelie bin

Large container

Waste bag

Paper stack

Caddy

Crate

Bottle bank

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Colour

Custom colour

Hex code

Word on the container

Up to 24 characters. Two words are automatically wrapped onto two lines when that keeps them readable.

Size Text colour

Preview

Icon URL

Public, cacheable and free to use – link it directly or download the file.

HTML

Markdown

Ready-made icons

The eight colours most European waste authorities use, each on the container type that fits it best. Right-click to save, or copy the URL from the builder above.

Residual waste

Organic waste

Paper

Packaging

Glass

Clear glass

Bulky waste

Hazardous waste

Container types

Every container type works with every colour and every word.

Wheelie bin
bin

Large container
container

Waste bag
bag

Paper stack
paper-stack

Caddy
bucket

Crate
crate

Bottle bank
igloo

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skip

Icon URL

The icon is fully described by its URL, which never expires and is cached for a year. Replace the container type in the path and add the parameters you need:

https://binable.app/waste-icon/bin.svg?color=bio&label=Bio&size=512

Parameter	Values	Description
`shape`	`bin`, `container`, `bag`, `paper-stack`, `bucket`, `crate`, `igloo`, `skip`	Container type, part of the path.
`color`	`residual`, `bio`, `paper`, `packaging`, `glass`, `clear-glass`, `bulky`, `hazardous`, `1D66B5`	Fill colour of the container – a hex code (with or without #) or one of the eight waste colour names.
`label`	`Bio`, `Paper`, `Gelber%20Sack`	The word printed on the container. Up to 24 characters, URL-encoded.
`textColor`	`FFFFFF`, `1A1A1A`	Colour of the word. Defaults to black or white, whichever reads better on the fill colour.
`size`	`16` - `2048`	Width and height of the SVG in pixels.

Examples

?color=paper&label=Paper

?color=packaging&label=Packaging

?color=glass&label=Glass

?color=bulky&label=Bulky%20waste

?color=hazardous&label=Hazardous%20waste

?color=bio&label=Organic%20waste

Use them freely

The icons are generated on the fly and free to use – privately and commercially, with or without attribution. No API key, no rate limit worth mentioning, no tracking. If you need another container type, tell us in the feedback tracker. Request a container type (opens in new tab).