Bower: Recycle & get rewarded

3.9
4.92K reviews
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About this app

Scan it. Bin it. Get rewarded with Bower.

Ready to level up your trash game? Track your impact, learn more about waste, and master sorting with Bower. Dive into a world where dealing with trash is not just good for the planet but also fun and rewarding. Do something good; join over 650,000 users and become part of the movement today.

Why Bower?

Fun challenges: Turn trash into a game by participating in exciting challenges and competitions.

Make a real impact: Track your CO2 savings and see how your efforts contribute to a cleaner environment.

Every piece of trash counts: Help create a world where everything ends up in its right place or the next best destination to get a chance of being useful.

Award-winning app: Recognised by Apple as one of Europe’s top sustainability apps, Bower has earned several major awards, including the Edie Awards 2024 and Global Startup Awards 2023.

Here’s how it works:

1. Scan it: Use our app to scan items with barcodes or snap a photo using our image recognition technology to identify any material.
2. Bin it: Locate the nearest waste or recycling location through our app or register your own. Dispose of your items properly.
3. Get rewarded: Complete challenges, join competitions, and track your environmental impact by monitoring saved CO2 emissions.

Join the Global Movement: We believe that everything has a value. By scanning and binning your waste with Bower, you help create a cleaner, more sustainable world. We’re launching globally, making it possible to scan everything, everywhere to reduce littering and improve sorting through fun and rewarding activities. Help us transform dealing with trash from a chore to a rewarding game, one scan at a time. Download Bower today.

Terms of Use: https://getbower.com/en/terms-of-use

Privacy Policy: https://getbower.com/en/private-policy
Updated on
11 Jul 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, Personal info and 4 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 7 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.9
4.87K reviews
Julia Baron
14 June 2025
used to be good but .... initially found this good but since it has changed the way it works I can't really be bothered with it. The app is glitchy, seems to lose a lot of data (so for example things that have been recognised many times before come up with the message "what material is this?"). Some challenges haven't paid out and even though I recycle a LOT (big family) it's only worth about £1 a month. Hardly worth the effort. I shall continue to recycle (as I always have) but deleting app
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Bower
16 June 2025
Hi Julia. Thank you for your feedback; we regret to see you go. If you reach out to support, we will assist you in resolving the issues you've encountered as good as we can.
Didi Slavov
20 January 2024
Recently discovered and downloaded the Bower app, thought it was a great idea overall until the time when I wanted to redeem and wanted my bank account. I really don't feel comfortable disclosing my bank account information if I had one. I hope you think about putting PayPal or gift cards as options for payment, otherwise I would have to uninstall it unfortunately., and that would be disappointing, because I like the app.
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Bower
22 January 2024
Hi Didi. Thanks for your feedback! We use Trustly for safer payments, authorized by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. No registration is needed, and we don't store bank account info. More details: https://help.getbower.com/en/articles/5075281-withdraw-cash. Plus, we're working on adding more coupons as well. 🌟
Paul
1 July 2025
Definitely no longer worth the hassle, in 5 months of recycling £2.80..!!!!! We recycle daily and with lots of various items. Takes an age when scanning or doesn't recognise it ( even though you've entered it numerous times) Keeps crashing on start up ( So you have to reboot the app) The levels are impossible to level up and now your left with " Tickets" for a draw. whereas before you earned money, now its purely chance. Good concept but Frankly your just wasting your time for the few pence.
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Bower
2 July 2025
Thanks so much for your honest feedback – we really appreciate your commitment and hear your frustration. 💚 We're actively improving the app to avoid crashes and issues.

What's new

We have something new in the works in the app. And we can't wait to show you what we've been working on. This update is the first step for this launch.