The invention discloses a method for preparing an environment-friendly modified carboxymethylcellulose thermoplastic material. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps of: adding 1-50 parts by weight of carboxymethyl cellulose into 150-500 parts by weight of solvent water, swelling for 1-4 h at 30-60 DEG C, then adding 0.1-10 parts by weight of initiator, controlling the temperature at 40-85 DEG C, carrying out initiation reaction for 0.1-2 h, then adding 20-300 parts by weight of grafting monomer, reacting for 0.5-8 h at 40-85 DEG C; cooling the reacted materials, adding 150-300 parts by weight of acetone, stirring, standing for 5-10 h, filtering, washing a solid with water and drying the solid to obtain the modified carboxymethylcellulose thermoplastic material. The product can be processed and molded by using traditional extrusion molding, injection molding and blow molding methods. The thermoplastic material product is widely applied to the fields of petroleum drilling, mining engineering, textile industry, textile industry, coating material industry, daily chemical products, and the like.