Manual Cleanup:

The other best way to clean up oil once it has hit the shore is by manual cleanup. Since oil has chances of spreading and getting mixed with the soil or sand on the shore, the best method to contain oil spread is by manual methods.

These methods are by using buckets, shovel and carts, manual scraping of oil on rocks, and using other methods.

Manual recovery of oil with buckets and shovels is common, especially when the oil has made it close to shore. Viscous oils are more easily removed by manual methods than more fluid oils.