Here's a tip I used today. I broke a glass ornament today and the glass was very thin and sharp. Little shards went everywhere and I was worried as I have a cat.
A tip I remembered was to 'mop' up the little pieces of glass with a slice of bread. I shone a torch over the area afterwards and I think I have every last piece.
I wore my gardening gloves in case I got a splinter in my finger but I must say, it worked very well.
So for broken glass - grab a slice of bread!
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Tips for safely and effectively cleaning up broken glass. Post your ideas.
This is an easy way to clean up typical messes on kitchen floors. To get up all slivers of glass from breaking a glass use a soft piece of bread, just gently press on top of the glass slivers.
To pick up tiny pieces of broken glass, take some tape and roll it into a ball with the sticky side out and dab up the glass and toss away. By Lazetta
When cleaning up broken glass, sweep up as much as you can, then wipe the area with wet (not quite dripping wet) cotton balls. The cotton balls will catch any tiny slivers of glass that the broom can't catch. By Camilla
When you break thin glass on hardwood floors you are left with splinters of glass. I use duct tape wrapped around my hand the wrong way, and go over the area and it picks up every little sliver of glass.
An easy way to pick up small pieces of broken glass without hurting yourself is to just scrunch up several pieces of any type of bread, then use this ball of bread to pick up the pieces of glass, by pressing the bread into the glass.
