The invention provides a method for recovering 
copper indium gallium selenium from waste of a 
copper indium gallium selenium solar thin film 
cell, and belongs to the technical field of resource secondary utilization. The method comprises the steps that the waste in a 
copper indium gallium selenium (CIGS) solar thin film 
cell chamber is smashed and milled, then is subjected to sulfatizing roastingto obtain crude selenium and 
roasting materials, the 
roasting materials are leached by adding water, and a 
copper sulfate product is obtained by purifying and crystallizing a water leaching solution;water leaching 
slag is subjected to alkaline leaching, then an alkali leaching solution is electrolyzed, and gallium 
metal is obtained; inorganic acid is added to alkali leaching 
slag for acid leaching, and 
metal indium 
powder is obtained by reducing and purifying an acidic leaching solution by 
formaldehyde, hydrazine 
hydrate, and 
iron powder or a mixture of two or three of the 
formaldehyde, the hydrazine 
hydrate, and the 
iron powder in any proportion; and acidic leaching 
slag is returned for sulfatizing 
roasting. The purity of the obtained crude selenium is larger than 98%, the purity of theobtained 
metal indium 
powder is less than 99%, and the purity of the obtained metal gallium is larger than 99%. The 
recovery rates of four valuable elements are all above 95%. The method for recovering the copper indium gallium selenium from the waste of the copper indium gallium selenium solar thin film 
cell is simple to operate, high in safety, high in reliability, and low in cost, scale production is easy to achieve, the 
environmental protection requirements are met, and the application prospects are broad.