Perth-based women’s fashion brands are taking matters into their own hands to curb the amount of plastic waste polluting our planet.

Elysian Swim and Ela & Jackson are two local labels of countless designers now using 100 per cent recycled fibres to create their wares in an effort to help clean up the global plastic pollution crisis.

Elysian Swim founder Jessica Jane. Credit:Elysian Simw / Instagram

Each label uses fabric made from rescued waste such as fishing nets cleaned up from the world’s oceans that would otherwise trap or kill marine life to make eco-friendly women’s apparel, that can also be recycled.

About eight tons of toxic plastic pollution enters our oceans each year on top of the 150 million tons currently circulating our marine environments, according to Ocean Conservatory.