In the past three months, 30 blue recycling units have appeared on pavements in the borough and there are plans to introduce a further 10 in the run-up to the Christmas party season.
In the Whitby area, new bottle bins have been placed at:
* Church Street, near Parkol Marine
* Green Lane, at the Green Lane Centre
* West Cliff (next to the Cliff Lift)
* Chubb Hill Road, opposite Pannett Park
* Helredale Road, by the New Bridge
* Ruswarp village.
The bottle bins have been introduced as part of the borough council's strategy to achieve its 40% recycling target.
Council officials have already admitted they are unlikely to hit the target in the current financial year.
Coun Andrew Backhouse, cabinet member with responsibility for the environment, said that while he would have liked the council to have been able to collect glass from people's homes, practical and financial constraints meant this would be impossible for the foreseeable future.
He said: "At the moment, the plant where recycled waste from people's blue wheelie bins is taken does not have the ability to separate glass from other recyclable waste such as paper and tins, and there are no plans to introduce the necessary machinery at present.
"These bottle bins are a viable alternative and they have been performing very well so far.
"We know that members of the public want to recycle glass, and these bins enable people to do that.
"They have been placed in thoroughfares as we want as many residents as possible to be able to use them, particularly those who don't have access to a car and elderly people who can't walk for long distances.
"All of the bottle bins have been acoustically cushioned to limit noise and common sense would tell people not to use them after 9 or 10 at night."
Harry Briggs, Scarborough Borough Council's recycling and waste enforcement manager, said: "In the past three months we have installed 30 new street recycling units for mixed glass and we have a further 10 to be installed before the Christmas parties begin.
"We have also stopped separating clear from coloured glass to make it easier than ever to take part. The glass is then sorted at the plant prior to it being recycled.
"Members have issued a target of 120 sites for glass recycling and we hope to meet if not exceed this aim by spring 2010."
n Mixed glass recycling banks are also at Whitehall Landing, Church Street (opposite Mr Chips), Whitby Leisure Centre, Whitby Co-op, Whitby Rugby Club, Eskdaleside Sleights, Salmon Leap Coach Road Sleights, Bank Top car park Lealholm, Sandsend car park, Sneaton Village Hall, Church Street, Castleton, The Huntsman, Aislaby, Wheatsheaf Inn, Egton, Hawsker Village Hall, Bank Top car park, Staithes, and The Legion Club, High Street, Hinderwell.