Abstract
The paper gives a brief analysis of experimental work on the production of sorbents from various biological wastes in one process. The obtained sorbents are used without additional activation. In connection with such experimental material, the theoretical aspects of various processes in the channels and on the surface of the sorbent are considered. The processes of solvation of metal particles in an aqueous medium are considered in the framework of the quantum theory of inhomogeneous condensed media with a redistribution of the electron density of the system. The processes of adsorption on the walls and in the channels of the sorbent are considered taking into account the effects of spatial dispersion of the system.