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Abstract Electrochemical measurements and bulk electrolysis using individual or an assembling of flow cells in series were performed to study the anodic oxidation of amaranth dye solutions with Ti/Pt and Ti/Pt-SnSb anodes. Polarisation curves demonstrated that Ti/Pt-SnSb has high electroactivity to eliminate the pollutant. Bulk electrolysis with this material, at 30 mA cm −2 , removed 97.5% and 70.3% of colour and COD. Two cell configurations led to higher removal rates depending on the cell-electrode position. Additionally, experiments combining Ti/Pt-SnSb and Nb/BDD materials were performed to clarify the effect of non-active anodes in the system. Assembling cells revealed to be an interesting pre-treatment to degrade organic compounds. The suitable system choice will be dependent on the final target COD value, the reaction time and the energy consumption.