“…The high dispersive nature of clay and zeolites makes reusability studies difficult ( Xu et al., 2012 ). Smectite rich clays, mesoporous zeolites, graphene oxide composites, mesoporous kaolin-based silica, magnesium phyllosilicates, and cellulose hydrogel are some of the natural clay and zeolite-based composites commonly used as adsorbents ( Briao et al., 2018 ; Chaari et al., 2019 ; Li et al., 2015 ; Moscofian et al., 2012 ; Yang et al., 2019 ). Gum arabic, a natural polymer composed of repetitive units of 1,3-linked β-D-galactopyranosyl has versatile applications in environmental applications because since they are cheaper, reusable, and highly efficient in remediation ( Sharma et al., 2018 , Sharma et al., 2018b , Sharma et al., 2018c , Sharma et al., 2018d ).…”