Abstract: The thermal degradation of PP/PVC mixture at 380 ℃ was carried out in a glass batch reactor under atmospheric pressure. The boiling-point (bp) distributions of degradation products and its chlorine removal were examined. The catalytic thermal degradation of the plastic mixture was also carried out with ZSM-5 as catalyst and iron oxides (α-FeOOH, Fe2O3, Fe3O4) as chlorine sorbents. Compared with thermal degradation, the ZSM-5 catalyst accelerated the rate of degradation, increased the weight percent of lower molecular weight component, and lowered the bp of the liquid products. As a dechlorination sorbent, α-FeOOH can significantly decrease the chlorine content in the oil from 1.65w% to 0.63w%. When α-FeOOH /ZSM-5 is used in vapor phase, the organic chlorine content can decrease to 0.13w%. Fe3O4 also possesses the ability of dechlorination. It is the crystalline structure of Fe3O4 that is very efficient for dechlorination.