The document discusses various waste minimization techniques used in the textile industry, including process optimizations, chemical substitutions, and effluent treatment. Specific examples include replacing starch with PVA in sizing, using low-salt reactive dyes, lowering liquor ratios in dyeing, and treating effluent with screening, equalization, coagulation, sedimentation, and activated sludge processes to reduce COD and BOD loads by 40-45%.