RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION AND URBANIZATION HAVE RESULTED IN THE GENERATION OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF AQUEOUS EFFLUENTS, MANY OF WHICH CONTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF TOXIC POLLUTANTS VARIOUS PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES ARE USUALLY EMPLOYED TO REMOVE POLLUTANTS FROM INDUSTRIAL WasteWATERS BEFORE DISCHARGE INTO THE ENVIRONMENT [1]. IN RECENT YEARS, THE SCREENING OF SORBENTS OF CELLULOSIC ORIGIN, TERMED BIO SORBENTS, HAS CONTINUED TO BE A RELENTLESS EXERCISE, EMBARKED UPON BY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, BECAUSE OF THE INHERENT MERITS THEM POSSES. THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE ACCESSIBLE, CHEAP, RELIABLE, AND POSSESSING THE ABILITY TO COMPLETE FAVORABLY WITH THE CONVENTIONAL SORBENTS. IT IS OF NOTE THAT CONCERNS OVER THE TASK OF SORBENT REGENERATION AND THE MODE OF HANDLING OF THE PRODUCT OF THE sorption PROCESS (I.E. THE USED SORBENT) HAS ALSO BEEN ALLAYED BY THE FACT THAT SOME OF THIS SORBENTS GOT VERY CHEAP AND NEED NO REGENERATION HENCE THEY CAN END UP AS BIOFUELS [2]. BIO sorption IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING IS NOW AN AESTHETIC ATTENTION AND CONSIDERATION IN ALL NATIONS, OWING TO ITS LOW INITIAL COST, SIMPLICITY OF DESIGN, EASE OF OPERATION, INSENSITIVITY TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND COMPLETE REMOVAL OF POLLUTANTS EVEN FROM DILUTE SOLUTIONS [3]. IN THIS STUDY, THE BIO sorption OF METHYLENE BLUE (MB) WAS STUDIED IN BATCH MODE USING FOUMANAT TEA Waste (FTW) AS LOW-COST ADSORBENT. IN THIS ATTEMPT, THERE IS A COST-SAVING POTENTIAL GIVEN THAT THERE WAS NO FURTHER MODIFICATION OF FTW (JUST WASHED WITH DISTILLED WATER TO REMOVE DIRT AND COLOR, THEN DRIED IN AN OVEN). EQUILIBRIUM DATA WERE FITTED TO THE LANGMUIR, FREUNDLICH, TEMKIN, SIPS AND REDLICH-PETERSON MODELS. MAXIMUM SATURATED MONOLAYER sorption CAPACITY OF FTW FOR MB WAS 242 MG/G AT 303 K. THE REMOVAL OF MB BY FTW FOLLOWED PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER REACTION KINETICS BASED ON LAGERGREN EQUATIONS. VARIOUS THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS, SUCH AS DG°, DH°, DS° AND EA HAVE BEEN CALCULATED. THE FINDINGS OF THIS INVESTIGATION SUGGESTED THAT PHYSICAL sorption PLAYS A ROLE IN CONTROLLING THE sorption. WE INVESTIGATED ADsorption MECHANISM BY FTIR AND SEM TECHNIQUES. FTIR DATA INDICATE THAT MB BINDING MOSTLY AT –OH AND C= O GROUPS OF FTW.