**Abbreviations**

AC Activated carbon, PCP Pentachlorophenol

CAC Commercial Activated carbon, PCDD/Fs polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and di‐ benzofurans

PAC powdered activated carbons, DDT dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane

ACC Activated carbon cloth adsorbent, DNOC 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) and 2-methyl-4,6 dinitrophenol

WC Wood charcoal, HCB Hexachlorobenzene

GAC Granular activated carbon, CD Cyclodextrin

HIC Hemidesmus Indicus carbon, BP Bromopropylate

POPs Persistent organic pollutants, LDHs MgAl layered double hydroxides

BET Buruner, Emmett, and Teller, MTBE Methyl tert-butyl ether

TCP 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, MP Methyl parathion

DCP Dichlorophenol, TCEP Tris (2-chloroethyl) phosphate

BA Bagasse ash, TC Tetracycline BFD Blast furnace flue dust, DXC Doxycycline-hyclate TWMP Treated watermelon peels, CTC Chlortetracycline-HCl PPC Potato peels charcoal, CA Cellulose acetate WBA Wood-shaving bottom ash, CA-triolein Cellulose acetate (CA) embedded with triolein CDPs Cyclodextrin-based polymer, EBC Empty-bed contact time CG Coffee grounds, DDAB Ddidodecyldimethy- lammonium bromide MS Melon seeds, CPB Cetylpyridinium bromide OP Orange peels, CTAB Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide MB Methylene blue, EPA Environmental Protection Agency RR141 Red Reactive, 141 WHO TheWorld Health Organisation POPs Persistent organic pollutants, PhAcS Pharmaceutically active substances OCPs Organochlorine pesticides, PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls TMP Trimethoprim, PCP Pentachlorophenol PhAcS Pharmaceutically active substances, PCDD/Fs polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls, DDT Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane

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