If you were to take the inside of a disposable diaper out and roll it into strips, it would act much like a sorbent boom. The third type of boom, fire boom, is not used very much. This type of boom is made to contain oil long enough that it can be lit on fire and burned up. Another item based on a household idea is dispersants. A dispersant is a chemical that is put on the oil to make it break up into little droplets, some of which will go down into the water.
Dish soap acts like a dispersant.
It make it easier to get grease off your dishes by breaking the surface tension of the grease. If you squirt a little dishwashing detergent into a basin of water with oil floating in it, you'll see the oil break up very quickly and usually move to the sides of the pan. People who try to clean oil off of bird feathers often use dishwashing detergent.