 Over the past decades, organic inorganic hybrid polymers have been applied in different fields, including the adsorption of pollutants from wastewater and solid-state separations. In this review, firstly, these compounds are classified. These compounds are prepared by Solgel method, self-assembly process, mesopores, assembling of nano-building blocks, layered or core shell compounds, and as interpenetrating networks and hierarchically structures. Lastly, the adsorption characteristics of heavy metals of these materials, including different kinds of functional groups, selectivity of them for heavy metals, effect of pH and synthesis conditions on adsorption capacity, are studied. This article was authored by Babak Samyee, Cheele Hongcheng, and Jiangning Wu.