Sewage sludge is modified by pretreatment with a synthetic ferrite process, which turns the sewage sludge into an absorbent for ionic dyes and the adsorbent can be removed by a magnetic field. When Fe 3 O 4 is synthesized on the surface of sewage sludge, the surface potential of particles is manipulated by adjusting the pH. For Fe 3 O 4 synthesis, the molar ratio of Fe 21 to Fe 31 was 1. In our experiment, two magnetic adsorbents are made (A5 and A10) using 5 g and 10 g doses of sewage sludge, respectively. A5 is used to adsorb Procion Red Mx-5B (PR) and A10 is used to adsorb Methylene Blue (MB). The specific surface area of A5 is 49.08 m 2 =g. The ideal pH for PR adsorption is found to be 3 with a maximum adsorption capacity of 0.031 mmol=g (18.83 mg=g). For A10, the specific surface area is 39.84 m 2 =g, and ideal pH is 6 for MB adsorption with maximum adsorption capacity being 0.078 mmol=g (25.06 mg=g). The kinetics study reveals that MB and PR adsorptions fit well a pseudosecond-order kinetic model, and the values of activation energy calculated from the rate constants are 42.82 kJ=mol and 47.19 kJ=mol for MB and PR, respectively. MB and PR adsorption can be characterized as activated chemical adsorption.