Bower: Recycle & get rewarded

3.6
4.88K reviews
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About this app

Get Rewards for Sorting and Recycling with Bower

Earn coins every time you sort and recycle your waste!
With Bower, your efforts are rewarded—you can convert collected coins to cash, redeem discount coupons, or donate to charitable causes. Feeling lucky? You might even win big prizes!

Join over 700,000 users who are turning waste disposal into a rewarding experience while contributing to a cleaner, more sustainable world.


Why Bower?

- Earn rewards for recycling: Collect coins for your sorting and recycling efforts. Turn them into cash, discounts, or donations, and win big prizes.
- Be part of the solution: Help increase the circularity of single-use packaging and reduce littering by ensuring waste ends up in the right place.
- Learn and improve: Bower makes sorting easy by teaching you the proper way to dispose of every item, helping you become a recycling expert.
- See your impact: Track your CO2 savings and see the difference you’re making for the planet.
- Globally recognized: Award-winning app, named one of Europe’s top sustainability apps by Apple, and winner of the Edie Awards 2024 and Global Startup Awards 2023.


How It Works:

- Scan: Use the app to identify items with barcodes or photo recognition and learn how to dispose of them correctly.
- Recycle: Locate nearby recycling or waste bins through the app or register your own.
- Get rewarded: Earn coins, track your impact, and win prizes for every item you sort and recycle.


Join the global movement and turn waste disposal into a rewarding experience. Download Bower today and start earning rewards for making a positive impact on the planet.

Terms of Use: https://getbower.com/en/terms-of-use
Privacy Policy: https://getbower.com/en/private-policy
Updated on
Jun 5, 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

3.7
4.84K reviews
Helen Parsons
June 7, 2025
Used to be a worthwhile app, but they changed the format and then it just wasn't worth the effort. I still recycle the same as ever, just don't bother scanning anymore. With the missions, they don't recognise frequently scanned items in the plastic, metal and cardboard categories, so completing the missions becomes impossible. Don't waste your energy!
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Geoff Campbell
June 1, 2025
seemed to be simple at first, scan barcodes and it knows what the item is, or take a picture and it tries to work it out and you can correct. But for the last several days, when you scan a barcode it just says "oops, something went wrong" and they again later... yeah ok, I'll just pile up several days worth of recycling shall I?
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Ashley K
April 13, 2025
I wish I could recommend this; I love the idea. However the app changed half a year ago making it much less rewarding. I continued because it's not a hassle to scan & you do get points for missions. However, after yesterday's update the locations I've added are gone as is a lot of info on things I've scanned before. I can't be bothered re-adding locations. I have used the app for approx 8 months & received £10 & two lottery tickets; I'll leave it to you to decide if it's worth it for you.
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Bower
April 17, 2025
Thank you for your feedback. We understand the frustration, and the aim of the update was to ensure Coins have real value and can always be redeemed. Your input is appreciated, and we’re here to make Bower better! We apologize about the missing stations, please update your app to the latest version and then re-log in to find your stations again! 💚

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.