In the paper the example papers from the Department of Inorganic Chemistry are presented. They are connected with the research of sorption and separation of inorganic and organic species on ion exchangers and sorbents of various types are presented. The main subjects include physicochemical studies of metal ions removal on anion exchangers, chelating and modified ion exchangers as well as zeolites, sorption and separation of rare earth elements, recovery of noble metal particularly from chloride solutions by ion exchange or extraction method, application of the anion exchangers of various types in dyes removal from aqueous solutions and wastewaters and chemistry of porphyrins in the aspect of environmental protection.