The invention provides a method for recycling valuable substances and
cyanide in
cyanide-containing
wastewater, and belongs to the technical field of
cyanide-containing
wastewater treatment. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, carrying out replacement reaction on a physicochemical material (reducing substance
zinc) and a
copper-
cyanogen complex in the
cyanogen-containing
wastewater to displace
copper, and filtering to obtain filter residues containing
zinc and
copper, so as to realize copper
recovery; in the replacement reaction, the copper-
cyanogen complex in the filtrate is converted into a
zinc-cyanogen complex with a lower stability constant, and then the zinc in the filtrate is recycled by diaphragm
electrolysis. The method specifically comprises the following steps: dividing an
electrolytic cell into a
cathode region and an
anode region by utilizing a membrane material, and enabling
electrode reactions to be independently carried out, so that cyanide is prevented from entering the
anode region to generate electrochemical oxidation and the
decomposition of the cyanide is inhibited, and the cyanide is recycled in a solution for cyclic utilization; and then an alkali-resistant
titanium-based
coating electrode is used as an
anode plate, a porous material is used as a
cathode plate,
recovery of zinc on the
cathode plate is promoted, and
recovery of valuable
metal zinc and copper and cyclic utilization of cyanide are achieved.