“…The major advantages of biosorption over other conventional treatment methods include low cost, high efficiency, minimization of chemical and biological sludge, and regeneration of biosorbent by desorption techniques and possibility of metal recovery [13]. In recent years, certain raw waste products from agricultural produce, like cocoa shell [14], rice husk, [15], olivestone [16], garlic peel [17], sawdust [18], Brazilian pine-fruit shell [19] banana peel [20], Carica papaya (pawpaw) seed [21], Anabaena and Vetiveria [22] and date tree leaves [23], have been tested for removal of metals from effluents. The utilization of these raw plant materials as biosorbents has been limited due to the leaching of organic compounds such as, cellulose lignin, pectin and lignocellulose into solution.…”