Answer. We should take preventive measures so that oil spills do not occur but if in any case, it occurs there are 5 major ways that can be used to clean up the oil spills. First is the usage of oil bloom which does not let the oil spread further and then skimmers are used to skim the oil. The method which is the natural usage of material that works as absorbers and other methods is the most common as well as efficient method i.e burning the oil spill area and the last option is to clean up using dispersants where microbes, in the end, helps in cleaning the oil.