Breaking out of a waste contract that has seen major disruption to bin collections "is a possibility unless performance improves", the leader of the council has said - as he apologised once again for the dreadful service residents have been receiving. 

Bin collections have been thrown into chaos recently, with complaints coming in from across the south of the county about smelly waste piling up in the streets amid missed pick-ups. 

Buckinghamshire Council has apologised for the disruption. 

Frustrated residents have questioned council leader Martin Tett on Twitter about when the council gets to review or end its contract with waste collector Veolia amid the ongoing issues. 

Veolia won the contract for the new unitary council back in 2020 after going head-to-head with Biffa and Serco for the lucrative deal. 

As the contract is 10 years, Cllr Tett said he expected the council would be involved with Veolia for another eight. 

However, he said: "There is a break clause and I would have to check the cost of breakage but it is a possibility unless performance improves."

He also reiterated how sorry he was about the issues many residents have been siffering. He wrote: "Yet again I want to sincerely apologise. We are having major problems with our southern waste contractor, Veolia, at present.

"Whilst the vast majority of bins are correctly collected, a sizeable minority are not, with too many repeated failures."