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Ethan Hua

Ethan Hua

Founder of the H.O.P.E. Uniforms Program, a student-led nonprofit that collects and redistributes school uniforms to reduce textile waste

Jun 8, 2026

8:20
Is clothing reuse gaining traction? Is it becoming cool to say, "These clothes are being reused?" Is that, or is that a re- still a point of resistance in, in people who you might give a, a uniform to?
8:31
I think that, oh, in, oh, there's a, the, in the youth, there's a little disparity, I guess, between I could say the youth and the n- the more grown-up adults.
8:41
We live, uh, me and Desmond live 10 minutes away from San Francisco, and some people don't know this, but San Francisco is the thrift, one of the thrifting capitals of the nation.
8:51
And because of that, it's, it's very trendy.
8:53
I, I thrift.
8:54
A lot of kids love thrifting as hobbies.
8:55
It's, it's, uh, it's something fun to do on the weekends.

6 MINS LATER

15:14
How do you imagine the world will be configured to support what your generation recognizes it needs to do with regard to reuse with creating a circular economy?

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