The invention discloses a recycling method of a positive electrode piece of a lithium ion battery, aiming at solving the problem of recycling of a nickel cobalt lithium manganite (nickel cobalt lithium aluminate) positive electrode piece and a lithium cobaltate positive electrode piece generated in a production process of the lithium ion battery. According to the technical scheme disclosed by the invention, the recycling method comprises the following steps: 1, crushing the electrode pieces by classes; 2, immersing with an organic solvent; 3, carrying out stirring treatment; 4, filtering with a sieve net; 5, carrying out centrifugal separation; 6, immersing with an alkaline solution; 7, carrying out the centrifugal separation again; 8, drying and removing iron; 9, carrying out ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) analysis; and 10, calcining the materials. The recycling method disclosed by the invention can be used for effectively recycling waste materials of the positive electrode pieces of the waste lithium ion batteries, so that the cost is saved; and by immersing with the alkaline solution and carrying out a plurality of times of separation and washing, impurities, such as metal aluminum, in powder grains can be effectively removed. With the adoption of the recycling method, a positive electrode material and an aluminum foil can be completely separated, and the positive electrode material keeps a relatively good structure and electrochemical properties; and the synthesis of a precursor is not needed and the adding amount of a lithium salt is relatively less.