Abstract In recent years, non-thermal plasma technology has gained considerable attention. It can produce highly reactive hydroxyl radicals and other strong oxidants, which is promising in environment pollutants removal. This article mainly reviews the recent advances in environment contaminants removal with several well-known non-thermal plasma technologies. We first introduce non-thermal plasma technology and its development, then summarize their applications for air purification organic wastewater treatment and sludge organic crack and prospect their further development in the future.