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This review covers recent developments in the use of graphene-based materials for water, air, and soil remediation, focusing primarily on work published over the last five years. A concise overview of graphene, its derivatives, and other carbon nanostructures, such as carbon nanotubes and fullerenes, is also provided. The main graphene derivatives are briefly described (graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, graphene nanoribbons, and graphene quantum dots) together with a comparative overview of the principal synthesis methods, from mechanical exfoliation and chemical vapor deposition to liquid-phase exfoliation, oxidation\/reduction, and flash Joule heating. The discussion then turns to how surface functionalization and composite formation affect adsorption performance in practice. In water treatment, the results are most developed: functionalized composites have reached adsorption capacities of 484.3 mg g\u22121 for organic dyes and 157.23 mg g\u22121 for Cr(VI). 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