A manganese immobilization technology in a fluidized-bed reactor (FBR) was developed by using a waste iron oxide (i.e., BT-3) as catalyst which is a by-product from the fluidized-bed Fenton reaction (FBR-Fenton). It was found that BT-3 could easily reduce potassium permanganate (KMnO 4 ) to MnO 2 . Furthermore, MnO 2 could accumulate on the surface of BT-3 catalyst to form a new Fe-Mn oxide. Laboratory experiments were carried out to investigate the KMnO 4 -reduction mechanism, including the effect of KMnO 4 concentration, BT-3 dosage, and operational solution pH. The results showed that the pH solution was a significant factor in the reduction of KMnO 4 . At the optimum level, pH f 6, KMnO 4 was virtually reduced in 10 min. A pseudo-first order reaction was employed to describe the reduction rate of KMnO 4 .