Photocatalytic degradation is an effective method to prevent the environmental pollution caused by organic pollutants. The effect of different combinations on the properties of zinc oxide was studied by preparing polyethylene glycol (PEG) capped ZnO, Aloe vera mediated ZnO, and PEG/Aloe vera combined ZnO via the sol-gel synthesis method. The size and structure of the synthesized samples were confirmed by XRD and SEM analysis. The decrease in bandgap energy value of ZnO/Aloe/PEG than ZnO/Aloe, and ZnO/PEG indicates the easy excitation of electrons in the latter. Here, the photocatalytic degradation of three different ZnO combinations was tested against Malachite Green (MG) dye with twenty minutes of UV light and visible light irradiation time. Furthermore, the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of textile dye wastewater was also evaluated by ZnO/Aloe/PEG combination under both UV light and visible light irradiation. These findings proved the overwhelming photocatalytic degradation of plant extract and surfactant based ZnO, which has been used as effective remediation to treat textile dye effluent.