Wastewater dyes from the textile, paper, tanning, distillery, food industries and the production of dyes itself pose a significant threat to the environment. Despite the huge production volume, exact data on the number of dyes released into the environment are not available. It is estimated that about 10-15% of the dyes used end up in the environment along with sewage. At the same time, it is known that these substances are highly toxic, mutagenic, and low biodegradable (Wani et al. 2020). They are extremely harmful to living organisms, they can cause allergies, and skin sensitization, which often leads to neoplastic diseases. When discharged into water, they negatively affect the processes of photosynthesis, disrupt the transmission of light, and disturb the biocenosis in the ecosystem (Lellis et al. 2019).Because of the significant threat posed by dyes to the aquatic environment, an extremely important problem is the effective and efficient treatment of wastewater containing these pollutants. Due to the complex chemical structure and physical and chemical properties of substances used as dyes, the selection of an effective method of their removal is a complex and difficult problem, which is still the subject of numerous studies. Currently, the most commonly used methods are adsorption, coagulation, oxidation, and ultrafiltration. It should be noted that the use of chemical methods of removing dyes from wastewater is associated with the problem of the formation of intermediate products of decomposition of these substances (with equally toxic properties), as well as with the formation of significant amounts of sewage sludge. Therefore, an alternative and frequently used solution is adsorption. Due to the wide range of sorbents, selectivity, easy implementation of the process, low operating costs, and the lack of onerous sewage sludge formation, this method is increasingly used.A significant limitation of the use of this process is the high costs of obtaining and regenerating the most used sorbents, such as activated carbons or zeolites. For this reason, there is need and justified research on the search for new adsorbents with a satisfactory sorption capacity, preferably classified as low-cost sorbents, i.e., materials that do not require additional processing, are of natural origin, or are waste requiring disposal, are safe for the environment, and available in significant amounts (Gupta & Suhas 2009, Sočo et al. 2020). Among natural substances with the characteristics of sorbents that can be used as dye sorbents, peat, lignite, and hard coal are of significant importance (