The Garbage Truck Boys" is a grounded, emotional, street-level reality documentary series following
the real lives of boys, teens, and young men working alongside garbage truck crews throughout
Guatemala.

SYNOPSIS:

"Before the city wakes up, they are already working."

The series explores the harsh physical labor, dangerous working conditions, humor, brotherhood,

poverty, survival, dreams, and resilience of youth who spend their days hanging off the backs of

garbage trucks collecting the waste of an entire city.

The show combines cinematic realism with emotional human storytelling, capturing both the chaos and

beauty of daily life inside Guatemala’s waste collection ecosystem.

This is not exploitation-based television.

The creative direction focuses on humanity, dignity, social realities, ambition, friendship, and the

unseen workforce that keeps the city alive