Waste water from electroplating was oxidized and reduced electrochem. using a diamond-modified and B-doped anode and a steel cathode to degrade the Ni and Zn-amine complexes and org. pollutants at varying current and reaction time. A simultaneous decomplexation amine complexes and recovery of Ni and Zn was achieved. Org. contaminants contained in wastewater were mineralized. After 180 min of reaction, the total org. C and total N values for the tested wastewater decreased by 99% and 85%, resp.