Made from 100 percent recycled fabric derived from plastic water bottles, the $88 jacket is water-resistant, lightweight and most importantly, totally chic.

New York designer Charlotte McCurdy has fashioned a water-resistant jacket from a plastic made of algae, which captures existing CO2 from the atmosphere.

Okewa, a clothing company from Wellington in New Zealand, has taken to Kickstarter to fund its latest project: rain jackets made from 100% recycled plastic bottles.

In July 1956, the largest “plastic raincoat” in the world was used to line a hole in a pond in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Your next rain coat could be made from plastic bottles thanks to this company Okewa creates waterproof rain-wear from 100% recycled plastic water bottles.