A good vacuum and mop combo can replace sweeping, but brooms help in corners and quick cleanups. Sweeping before vacuuming ...

The smarter way to sweep is with a broom made of sustainable, renewable, or, at the very least, recycled materials. They're just as effective but don't leave a mess in their wake. We found five ...

What would you say is special about a handmade broom? Every time I pick up a broom to sweep my shop, I think of the sapling at the cabin I helped build last summer that’s now the handle of my broom.

The Pescadero artist makes brooms by hand using traditional techniques and local materials. Lisa Sheffield Guy makes brooms from her home in Pescadero and sells them under the name Butano Broomcraft.

“So whereas you would have used a shovel and a broom, and sweep the things to one area, and then you shovel it up, now you are taking one machine, and you are sweeping and collecting the debris ...