“…Both calcined and non-calcined types of clays have been investigated for the removal of reactive dyes but the calcined clays are preferred over noncalcined clays due to their higher surface area and also they show better dye binding capacity [Aguiar et al, 2013;Asouhidou et al, 2012]. The clay-like materials investigated for the removal of reactive dyes include nano-hydroxyapatite [Kyzas et al, 2013], layered double hydroxides (LDH) [Sumari et al, 2016;Aguiar et al, 2013;Asouhidou et al, 2012], Mg(OH) 2 -modified-kaolin [Amin et al, 2015], and also the sea-water neutralized and calcined red mud [de Jesus et al, 2015;de Souza et al, 2013;Wang et al, 2009]. The laccase-modified fumed silica [Kalkan et al, 2014], nano-alumina [Nadafi et al, 2014], zinc and magnesium oxide nanoparticles [Khoshhesab et al, 2015;Venkatesha et al, 2012], kaolinite and smectite [Errais et al, 2012], Mg(OH) 2 -coated bentonite [Chinoune et al, 2016], silylated palygorskite [Xue et al, 2010], and synthetic talc [Rahman et al, 2013] also can be included in this list of clay-like materials.…”