The distillery produces waste residue and wastewater while producing various brewing liquor， and sludge is produced after the wastewater is discharged. The annual emissions of liquor waste are huge. Annual emissions of China of liquor-making waste residue amount of millions of tons， and liquor-making waste water amount to hundreds of millions of tons. The discharged waste is characterized by high nutrition and low toxicity， so they can be comprehensively utilized. In this paper， the sources of liquor-making wastes in China， such as liquor， yellow rice wine， wine and beer， are introduced and the emissions are estimated. Based on the component analysis of liquor-making wastes， a comprehensive utilization scheme was proposed according to the characteristics of wastes， aiming at providing a reference to the recovery and utilization of liquor-making wastes.