It's in Everyone's Best Interest. Your browser does not support Java. Please use the site map. Inc. E-mail us . Washington State Department of Ecology Current oil spill cleanup technologies focus on corralling, collecting and recovering the oil from the water or beach.
Booms are less effective in bad weather and skimmers are hampered by tidal conditions and darkness.
Beach cleaning technologies include shovels, buckets, rakes, and rags. On the water collection and beach cleanup technologies have limited effectiveness.