Seriously injured, garbage man Maik Decker tries to flee with a garbage truck. But it is too late. The garbage truck crashes and Maik dies from his stab wounds. The Bremen commissioners Inga Lürsen (Sabine Postel) and Stedefreund (Oliver Mommsen) take on the case, examine the victim's environment and are increasingly irritated: The colleagues in the disposal company don't seem particularly surprised by Decker's death. Gradually, the commissioners realize that the motive is complex: It's about the city's garbage, a street full of ex-convicts - and a man who pulls all the strings in his hand.