One Houston-area teen says business is 'booming' after his story was featured on FOX 26 and on TikTok.
-area is gaining national recognition for a new business he made cleaning dirty trashcans. The young teen calls his business "The Garbage Kid."
"First I thought it really wouldn’t be that hard to clean [trashcans]," said 13-year-old Anthony Gonzalez. "That changed as soon as I saw the first one." FOX 26 first interviewed ‘The Garbage Kid’ three weeks ago as he soaked, scraped, and climbed into dirty trashcans. Gonzalez says he charges customer $10 per can and has cleaned almost 200 trashcans in three weeks.FOX 26 Reporter Matthew Seedorff spoke with 'The Garbage Kid,' about why he started the business.Two TikTok videos of Gonzalez’s story have gained nearly eight million views in less than three weeks.
Most recently, Houston business owner Mattress Mack invited Gonzalez to clean trashcans at Gallery Furniture in exchange for Astros tickets and other gifts."Random people I guess like what I’m doing," said Gonzalez. "They send me random packages."The 13-year-old hopes to use the donations and gifts to help less fortunate children in need. On Thursday, he gave a family $100 dollars for cleaning a car outside a Houston sporting goods store.
"I wanted to help other kids get inspired. But now that it’s happening, I’m pretty shocked," said Gonzalez. "[I’m] so very grateful. Shout out to those other kids working hard too."
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