The invention discloses a method utilizing nitric acid type solder stripping waste water to synthetize zinc hexahydroxystannate, which comprises the following steps that: (1) strong electrolyte and settling agent are added in the nitric acid type solder stripping waste water, so the tin compound in the waste water is precipitated, and then the tin sludge is obtained through filtration; (2) the obtained tin sludge is reacted with the concentrated hydrochloric acid to make the tin sludge convert into the tin ionic condition; (3) the tin ion which is in the ionic condition is reacted with the zinc salt under a certain condition to synthetize the zinc hexahydroxystannate compound; (4) the solution is cooled to the room temperature after the reaction is completed, the supernatant liquor is removed through centrifugal separtion, so the obtained material is cleaned via the distilled water; and (5) after the cleaning, the final zinc hexahydroxystannate is obtained through filtration and drying at intermediate temperature. No harmful substances to the environment are generated during the whole synthetization process, and the obtained material is the synthetic material of an environment-friendly plastic fire retardant, a smoke inhibitor and a sensor. The purposes of resource cyclic utilization, low emission and green and environmental-friendly production are realized.