This study investigate the effectiveness of rigid and flexible waste polyurethane foams for oil spills clean up. For the two types of the waste foams used as a sorbent, rigid sandwich panel foam and high density auto seat foam were selected, respectively. The sorption test of the above foams were performed in different types of petroleum products, and in the presence and absence of water as well. Finally, the same experiments were carried out in simulated seawater bath in order to estimate that actual sorption properties in the sea. In the case of rigid polyurethane foam, the sorption properties that the sorbent materials had, were poorer as compared with the flexible foam except floating ability, which showed good sorption properties not only in floating ability, but also in initial sorption rate and maximum sorption capacity.