Conventional technologies for the removal/remediation of toxic metal ions from wastewaters are proving expensive due to non-regenerable materials used and high costs. Biosorption is emerging as a technique offering the use of economical alternate biological materials for the purpose. Functional groups like carboxyl, hydroxyl, sulphydryl and amido present in these biomaterials, make it possible for them to attach metal ions from waters. Every year, large amounts of straw and bran from Triticum aestivum (wheat), a major food crop of the world, are produced as by-products/waste materials. The purpose of this article is to review rather scattered information on the utilization of straw and bran for the removal/minimization of metal ions from waters. High efficiency, high biosorption capacity, cost-effectiveness and renewability are the important parameters making these materials as economical alternatives for metal removal and waste remediation. Applications of available adsorption and kinetic models as well as influences of change in temperature and pH of medium on metal biosorption by wheat straw and wheat bran are reviewed. The biosorption mechanism has been found to be quite complex. It comprises a number of phenomena including adsorption, surface precipitation, ion-exchange and complexation.
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