Dive Summary:

• The Department of Public Works in Pittsburgh has almost completed placing 110 new recycling bins around the city, leaving about 20 more cans to be put in position.
• 130 receptacles were bought in 2010, for a total cost of $151,000, with $71,000 coming in from a state grant.
• Due to staffing issues and the need to buy specialized machines to empty the new recycling cans, the installation dragged on for close to three years.

From the article:

... The 4-foot-tall containers are attached about a foot above the ground on utility poles and have holes around the top to insert bottles and cans.

The first cans were installed... last summer and since then they have been placed in business districts. ...