Courtney Houtz, left, Jason Letzelter and Anne Feldbauer with Butler Technologies, pick up litter in the Island neighborhood April 26. Around 80 employees spent a few hours picking up litter in the neighborhood where the company is based. The project was in honor of Earth Day and the company's new green initiative. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Around 80 volunteers from Butler Technologies flooded the streets of the Island neighborhood April 26 as part of the company’s new green sustainability initiative and in honor of Earth Day.

“I think we got a lot of trash,” Courtney Houtz, Butler Technologies marketing lead, said. “I know we got a dumpster full, and one group filled up two trucks as well.”

The United Nations has outlined 17 sustainable development goals for the globe that are designed to be a blueprint to help achieve a more sustainable future for the planet.

“It’s a new direction we are taking,” Houtz said. “We’re saying ‘why not now?’ We think it’s our responsibility to live sustainable and reduce our environmental impact.”

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