which is found to be practiced at the sample plants. Chlorine is toxic
while hydrogen peroxide or ammonium salts are good substitutes
from an environmental point of view. In the mercerization process,
under the ‘improving maintenance procedure’ approach, hot
mercerization is recognized as the better option over that of
conventional cold mercerization, but it is not found to be practiced
by the sample plants. In the dyeing process, the pad-batch dyeing
process could be followed, instead of the conventional dying
process, to reduce pollution under the ‘improving maintenance
procedure’ approach. However, pad-batch dyeing is not practiced