The solid-phase photocatalytic degradation of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic with AgNbO
3/Fe
2O
3 is studied under
visible-light irradiation. The PVC-(AgNbO
3/Fe
2O
3) samples are characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscope (XPS), scanning
electron microscope (SEM), gas chromatography (GC), and UV-vis diffusion reflectance spectra (UV-vis
DRS). The photocatalytic properties of PVC-(AgNbO
3/Fe
2O
3) samples are systematically investigated. More amounts of generated CO
2,
greater texture change and higher weight loss rate were exhibited in the system
of PVC-(AgNbO
3/Fe
2O
3) than pure PVC film. The weight loss rate is ten times higher than that
of pure PVC film, which reaches to 46.53% with optimum amount of 0.5 wt% Fe
2O
3. Active radicals generate primarily on the surface of Fe
2O
3 particles, which cause composite plastic decomposition on the
PVC-(AgNbO
3/Fe
2O
3) interface and extend into polymer interor. The study provides a new
promising way to degrade the plastic waste under visible-light.