The invention discloses a method for extracting cellulose from manioc waste. The method comprises the following steps: washing manioc waste, drying and smashing; adding water to the grinded manioc waste, boiling till the water is in a boiling state, so that starch in the manioc waste becomes pasty, then adding with enzyme, carrying out enzymolysis under ultrasound, deactivating enzyme, centrifuging, and removing the supernate; adding a sodium hydroxide solution into the residue for alkaline hydrolysis, washing, filtering, and drying, and thus obtaining manioc waste cellulose. The invention further discloses a method for preparing a heavy metal adsorption material by adopting the manioc waste cellulose as the raw material, and an adsorption method of heavy metal ions. The manioc waste is taken as a starting material, the cellulose is extracted from the manioc waste through a method combining bio-enzyme and alkaline hydrolysis, the manioc waste cellulose with high content can be rapidly and efficiently obtained, the waste is turned into valuable, the obtained heavy metal adsorption material has great adsorption capacity for the heavy metal ions in water, especially has an excellent adsorption effect for cadmium and lead in the water, and therefore, the manioc waste cellulose has good economy and environment protection value.