The invention relates to a preparation method of 
biomass-based 
active carbon used for absorbing volatile organic pollutants and organic pollutants in waste water. The preparation method comprises following steps: 1, rice 
husk pretreatment, wherein rice 
husk is washed and dried; 2, rice 
husk pyrolysis charcoal preparation, wherein, clean rice husk is subjected to primary 
pyrolysis at 450 DEG C so as to obtain rice husk 
pyrolysis charcoal; and 3, the rice husk pyrolysis 
charcoal is mixed with 
potassium hydroxide at an alkali to charcoal ratio of 3:1, an obtained mixture is heated to 400 DEG C ina tubular furnace, the temperature is controlled to be constant for a certain period of time, and is increased to 750 DEG C for constant 
temperature treatment. The raw materials are widely available,are cheap, and are friendly to the environment; the whole reaction 
process conditions are 
mile; operation is simple, and is convenient to control. The raw materials are nontoxic and harmless, are friendly to the environment, are high in safety, are low in 
equipment requirement, and are beneficial for large scale production. The specific surface area of the obtained rice husk based 
active carbon is as high as 2094.15m<2> / g, the surface of the 
active carbon possesses abundant porous structures; the rice husk active carbon is used for adsorption removing of 
benzene series, and the removing rateis as high as 80.2%.