The invention relates to environment-friendly needle-punched cotton. The environment-friendly needle-punched cotton comprises a chitin fiber layer, a cotton fiber layer and an alginate fiber layer, wherein the chitin fiber layer, the cotton fiber layer and the alginate fiber layer are sequentially stacked in the vertical direction, the mass percent of the chitin fiber layer is 15-25%, the mass percent of the cotton fiber layer is 60-870%, and the mass percent of the alginate fiber layer is 10-15%. The environment-friendly needle-punched cotton is composed of the chitin fiber layer, the cotton fiber layer and the alginate fiber layer, has the advantages of being flame-retardant and antibacterial, radiating far infrared rays, generating negative ions, being good in affinity to the human body, soft, warm-keeping, fluffy, good in air permeability and hand feeling, free of stimulation and the like, and is suitable for being used as good filler of top-grade cotton quilts and infant cotton clothes. In addition, in the production process, multi-layer stacking of net cotton is not needed, the environment-friendly needle-punched cotton is formed by one-time carding, and the production efficiency is improved.