Abstract: China is a main country of tea producing and consumption, and huge amount of tea waste would generate every year, which not only polluted the environment, but also caused huge waste of biological resource. Research advances in comprehensive utilization of tea waste were summarized from the aspects of utilization way, as the raw materials for function compounds extraction, bio-adsorbent preparation, activated carbon preparation, organic fertilizer production, animal feed production, mushroom cultivation and so on, and the major research trends were also discussed. It was considered that using a variety of technology for the comprehensive utilization of tea waste could enhance the utilization efficiency and reduce production cost. In addition, a plan which could provide a reference for the actually application for comprehensive utilization of tea waste with simplicity and high efficiency was proposed.