Cleaning Up Oil Spills with Bare Hands

Under the scorching sun, the man scoops up black lumps of oil into plastic bags. The size ranges from a marble to a mans fist. With his hands, he put the black jelly into a plastic bag. His feet are sticky with the oil that contaminates the white sands of the islands beach.

To most people an oil spill is a disaster. But not to Hayatul Fikri. To the 49-year-old fisherman, it is natures gift. Im paid Rp40,000 a day to clean up the oil spills, he say

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