The invention relates to a method and equipment for mineralizing and degrading organic wastewater, and belongs to the fields of chemical industry and environment. The equipment comprises a catalyst and wastewater treatment equipment which uses the catalyst. The catalyst for treating the wastewater comprises elementary substances such as palladium, rhodium, manganese, cobalt, copper, potassium, silver, lanthanum, iron, nickel, tungsten, ruthenium, titanium, cerium, sodium, osmium, gold, platinum, calcium, oxygen, bismuth and the like and oxide, superoxide, hyperoxide, halide, nitrate, sulfate,nitrite, carbonate, hydroxide, phosphate and the like thereof; the catalyst also comprises ozone, hydrogen peroxide, oxygen, sodium superoxide, sodium dioxide, calcium peroxide and calcium superoxide,and can be separately used or combined for use; and the dosage of the catalyst is 0.01g to 100Kg/ton. The wastewater treatment equipment mainly comprises a container, a water inlet pipe, a water outlet pipe, a valve, an ultraviolet lamp, a quartz tube, an aerator and an air pump. The catalyst and the wastewater are added into the container of the water treatment equipment through the water inletpipe at the top of the water treatment equipment; and the organic wastewater is treated through lighting catalysis. The method for treating the organic wastewater does not produce silt, and secondarypollutants. The equipment is simple and easy for operation.