In yellow protective suits and plastic-covered boots, the four oil clean-up workers hit the beach at Djupekås. Once the snow has melted and the temperature has risen, the hard work of cleaning up the oil from the Marco Polo accident can once again resume.
- We start with rough clean-up, go headlong and look for larger pieces that have blown up after the storms. When it gets warmer, we can get on the rocks and start fine-tuning, says Håkan Arrskog, cleaner.
Hard work awaits
It was in October that the passenger ferry Marco Polo ran aground in Hanö Bay. A total of 150,000 liters of oil leaked out of the ship, a large part of which washed up on the beaches along Listerlandet.
The work now takes place under a new organization after the municipality's crisis organization ended last Christmas.
- To ensure a long-term sustainable organization, we have a contractor with whom we signed an agreement who handles all the practical matters. The municipality is still primarily responsible for the work, says Anders Wanstadius, head of community development in Sölvesborg municipality.
When do you think the work will be finished?
- It is absolutely impossible to say.
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