According to Plastic Oceans, more than eight million tons of plastic is dumped into the ocean every year. In honour of #WorldOceansDay, we are highlighting fashion brands that are using recycled ocean plastic throughout their collections. These 14 brands are making an effort to reduce the amount of marine waste by upcycling discarded plastics into new technical fabrics like ECONYL® and SEAQUAL™.
Check out 14 fashion brands using recycled ocean plastic in their collections in the gallery below:
“Because old water bottles and fishing nets look better on you than they do clogging landfills and polluting oceans,” says activewear brand Girlfriend. Its simple styles and focus on sustainability make the brand an editor favourite.
Norton Point turns ocean plastic into stylish sunglass frames and donates 5% of net profit back to research, development and education surrounding marine pollution.
