Bower: Recycle & get rewarded

3.8
5.02K reviews
100K+
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Content rating
Everyone
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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
13 Oct 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
4.97K reviews
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. 🌟
Chewitt
25 August 2025
for a while now I've been using bower and shared the app with my children who love the responsibility of recycling along with there being a little monetary incentive with it too. however, the balance doesn't update. I scan and still doesn't update. think I'll be leaving soon if this doesn't get sorted as there's zero point in having this app if what I scan doesn't add up or go to my account in order for it to be able to transfered to my account. sort it out you used to be great bower
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Bower
15 September 2025
Thanks for reaching out 💚 Since June 2, missions give 20 tickets instead of Coins, based on user feedback wanting bigger lottery prizes. Coins still appear via brand offers. You can track your XP and tickets in the app. If your scans aren’t giving any XP or tickets, let us know at hello@getbower.com and we will help you troubleshoot.
Kelly summersby
19 August 2025
Painful app, even more painful customer service. Reward isn't really worth the effort, especially when the majority of my recycling now seems to come back as packing unknown. I'll give customer service a couple more days to sort my issue but I suspect I'll end up just cutting my losses and deleting.
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Bower
15 September 2025
Tack för att du delat din feedback 💚 Vi arbetar ständigt för att göra scannern ännu bättre och smartare. Om du fortfarande upplever problem eller inte fått den hjälp du behöver, hör gärna av dig igen på hello@getbower.com.

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