Beacon Hill, Fenway, and the West End are the latest neighborhoods to become home to a city-run compost bin for residents to drop off their food waste for free.

“Project Oscar” has expanded rapidly in the past year, said Madeline Montgomery, the zero waste program coordinator with the city’s waste reduction team. At this time in 2024, the project boasted 14 locations. Now, with the three latest additions that opened in June, there are 20 compost bins across the city.

“We’ve gotten a lot of feedback that residents want more of these bins, and they would like them to be more accessible,” Montgomery said. “We’ve really been listening to folks and just understanding, like what’s working for them and like where they would like them to be.”

So far this year, the city has collected more than 108,000 pounds of food scraps, Montgomery said. Black Earth Compost collects the scraps to make compost, which the New England company then sells the compost to local farmers, according to the city.

While some residents can sign up for the free, curbside composting program, Montgomery said Bostonians living in large residential buildings with more than six units aren’t eligible. Instead, those residents can use the neighborhood compost bins.

Things like food scraps, coffee grounds, tea bags, flowers, paper products, and wine corks can be put in the Oscar bins instead of in regular trash receptacles. Montgomery said separating food scraps can benefit the environment, soil health, and keep the trash from stinking up the kitchen.

But, pizza boxes, oils, pet waste, compostable diapers, cigarette butts, yard waste, dryer lint, styrofoam, plastic bags, and charcoal should not be put into the bins, the city warns. Higher contamination rates means the city has to pay extra to have the compost properly disposed of, Montgomery said.

After a pilot program, the team chose to give all the bins locks, which residents can open. The lock combination is 214.

“We need to make sure that this program is sustainable, and making sure that the food scraps that are put in here by these residents, we want to make sure it’s actually getting composted,’ Montgomery said. “When there’s less contamination, we can better ensure that it’s getting composted.”

The bins are in most of Boston’s neighborhoods, including three in Brighton and two in Jamaica Plain, as well as at City Hall Plaza in Charlestown, Chinatown, East Boston, South End, South Boston, Roxbury, Roslindale, the North End, and Mission Hill.

Molly Farrar is a general assignment reporter for Boston.com, focusing on education, politics, crime, and more.

The pattern will remain a little shaky on Wednesday with mostly cloudy skies and some streaks of sun mixed in. There will be relief from the heat as highs will likely only reach the mid-70s in Greater Boston and slightly warmer west of the coast.

A stalled front to the south will likely spring a few scattered showers during the day, mainly in the afternoon, that will likely be held south of the Mass. Pike. Lows will slip to the mid- and upper 60s with the chance of an isolated shower Wednesday night.

Boston and all of New England will stay on the northern side of the stalled front that will linger over Long Island Sound on Wednesday, setting up a bit of unsettled weather with mostly cloudy skies and the chance for a shower or two to pop up during the day.

Most of the area will stay dry, but with the front hanging out, daytime heating will likely drive some moisture vertically in the atmosphere, resulting in a handful of showers, mainly south of the Pike. At times, some sun will sneak through the clouds.

With the front just south enough, Boston and all of New England will snap the heat and reach the mid- to upper 70s on Wednesday. A slight onshore breeze will be in place, keeping both the north and south shore a touch cooler, likely hardly reaching the mid-70s Wednesday afternoon.

The sun may break through the clouds long enough west of the city to bring temperatures into the low 80s, but that’ll be mainly west of Worcester.

Dew points will slip away from the tropical heights of the 70s, but it’ll feelhumid out for the foreseeable future. Dew points will hang out in the upper 60s for the rest of the week.

How about we start a new streak for the weekends? Of nice weather! As of now, it looks like a pocket of high pressure will build across Boston and New England to set up a pleasant Saturday and Sunday.

There is a chance for some rain to work into western New England Sunday afternoon, but chances are low at the moment, with scattered showers at best.

Greater Boston: Cooler with more clouds than sun. Highs to the mid-70s with a chance for a light shower. The immediate north and south shores may stay stuck in the low 70s.

Southeastern Mass.: A break in the heat, low to mid-70s under mostly cloudy skies. A chance for a pop-up shower or two.

Central/Western Mass.: Might catch a few more rays of sunshine with a blend of sun and clouds. Highs in the upper 70s and low 80s. Berkshires may see the most sun of all.

Cape and Islands: Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching the low to mid-70s. A chance for a shower or two. Breeze to about 10 mph.

Rhode Island: A mix of sun and clouds with more clouds in the afternoon. Highs reach the upper 70s and low 80s. A chance for a spot shower.

New Hampshire: Partly sunny skies with highs to the upper 70s. A low chance of an afternoon shower.

Vermont/Maine: Seeing a blend of clouds and sun, with Vermont reaching the low 80s and Maine reaching the mid to upper 70s. Chance for an afternoon sprinkle or spot shower.

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The Boston Celtics have made significant progress toward getting under the second apron of the luxury tax this offseason, but president of basketball operations Brad Stevens still has work to do.

With $208.5 million currently committed in salary for the 2025-26 season, the Celtics are still over the second apron by less than $1 million. They already cut costs by trading Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis, but they would need to make additional noteworthy moves to get under the first apron ($195.9 million) or out of the luxury tax entirely ($187.9 million).

Anfernee Simons, acquired from Portland in the Holiday deal, is set to make $27.7 million in 2025-26 on an expiring contract. Simons, Sam Hauser ($10 million), and Georges Niang ($8.2 million) stand out as potential trade candidates if Stevens looks to shed more salary.

If Stevens is looking for a trade partner, he should give old friends Danny and Austin Ainge a call. The former Celtics executives now run the Utah Jazz, who shed payroll and created a $26.6 million traded player exception (TPE) in Monday’s three-team deal with the Los Angeles Clippers and Miami Heat. A TPE allows a team to acquire a player via trade even if it pushes them over the salary cap.

Kevin O’Connor of Yahoo Sports explored the possibility during Monday’s episode of NBC Sports Boston’s The Off C’season.

“I wonder if Brad Stevens, his savior here getting under the second apron, could be Austin and Danny Ainge,” O’Connor said. “Because they made a three-way deal today which cuts more salary for them, gives them more cap flexibility.

“They can open space if necessary, they have a big traded player exception now. I wonder if maybe Utah could be a team that’s absorbing Anfernee Simons (into the TPE) or absorbing Sam Hauser, giving something back in return.”

Along with their financial situation, the Celtics’ uneven roster suggests more moves are coming. Their frontcourt is thin following the departures of Kristaps Porzingis (trade) and Luke Kornet (free agency). Trading Simons, Hauser, and/or Niang could give the C’s financial flexibility while bringing a much-needed big man into the fold.

The Holiday and Porzingis trades were made official on Monday, as were the Celtics’ free-agent signings of Luka Garza and Josh Minott.

Watch the full episode of The Off C’season featuring O’Connor, Chris Forsberg, and Drew Carter below: