Cape Breton Regional Municipality is planning to outsource the handling of recycling products and composting materials, but an official says residents will still be putting out blue bags and green bins.

"Everything goes to the curb the same as it always did before," CBRM public works director John Phalen told CBC's Information Morning Cape Breton. "We're just changing the way that we process it."

Council voted Tuesday to gradually close down the composting facility in Sydney, N.S., at the solid w…