Bower: Recycle & get rewarded

3.7
4.81K 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
Apr 17, 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

3.8
4.76K reviews
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.
9 people found this review helpful
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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! 💚
Steven Oldham
October 2, 2024
Like many others I feel let down by the new system in place. I don't want 'XP points' or to pretend I'm playing a game. The app was much better and fairer how it was, and now there's less incentive to use it, no matter how you try to spin it that it's improved. Wiping coins from accounts is a poor show too. You could have at least transferred people's existing points across when you gave less than a month's notice of the changes.
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Bower
October 3, 2024
Hi Steven and thank you for your feedback! We completely understand how frustrating it feels to lose your points after the update. Unfortunately, this change was necessary to create a more sustainable rewards system. Now, you can earn Coins, which have real value, by scanning partner packages and completing missions where all packaging counts.
Jason
October 5, 2024
I really liked the idea and that is what drew me to the app early on. Rewards have become more difficult to achieve for some time and since the update, losing all outstanding coins (and not having them transfer into the new system - even by way of XP) combined with the very low return on what is offered per scan has made it very difficult to make me want to continue to give Bower my recycling data. It's now not worth the extra time it takes to recycle to scan items. Sorry Bower. I'm now out.
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Bower
October 9, 2024
Thank you for your feedback! We understand how frustrating the changes may feel, especially losing your points. Old points weren’t directly converted to Coins, but your XP was used to set your new starting level. The update aims to create a more balanced system, and we’re sorry it’s affected your experience. We hope you’ll give it another chance.

What’s new

We’re excited to share that the Bower app has been completely revamped! The app is now faster and more sticky than ever. We’re constantly working to improve, so if you have any feedback, feel free to share it with us!