The destruction kinetics of sodium lauryl sulfate (anionic surfactant) in water solutions as well as the formation kinetics of destruction products under the action of an oxygen dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure both in the presence and in the absence of TiO2, NiO and Ag2O catalysts was studied. As it turned out in all cases the main decomposition products were carboxylic acids, aldehydes and carbon dioxide. The catalysts application was shown to result both in the increase of the decomposition efficiency and in a change in the ratio and yields of decomposition products.