Chemishield Partners with NETZERO360™ Sustainable Waste Solutions to Strengthen Hazardous Waste Tracking, Compliance, and Recovery Pathways for U.S. Healthcare and Biotech Facilities
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DUBLIN, IRELAND, and FAIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA — Chemishield, a SaaS platform for source-level hazardous waste tracking and segregation, today announced a strategic partnership with BayArea Compliance (BAC) and its NETZERO360™ sustainable waste solutions program. This collaboration will help hospitals, biotech facilities, and laboratories improve waste classification, chain-of-custody documentation, and recovery planning across U.S. operations.
This partnership comes as hazardous waste documentation shifts further into digital systems. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a Paper Manifest Sunset Rule to transition hazardous waste manifesting to the EPA’s e-Manifest system. RCRA generator records continue to face state and federal enforcement, while ESG and Scope 3 reporting now require detailed, source-specific data instead of broad vendor estimates. These demands surpass the capabilities of legacy paper records.
Long-haul logistics, overclassification, and fragmented vendor data have increased waste disposal costs for laboratories and healthcare facilities. Chemishield and NETZERO360™ address both challenges:
- Chemishield delivers at-source governance, digital labeling, and guided disposal workflows that help staff correctly classify waste before it enters the container. This eliminates costly downstream corrections when waste reaches a vendor in the wrong stream.
- NETZERO360™ implements a compliance-focused recovery strategy by identifying local diversion pathways, reducing reliance on long-haul disposal models where feasible, and structuring waste programs that are more defensible under regulatory scrutiny.
"Compliance only works when the record holds from the first touchpoint to final disposition," said Lisa Puckett, Chief Compliance Officer of BayArea Compliance and Founding Executive Director of NETZERO360™ Sustainable Waste Solutions. "Healthcare and biotech operators need more than disposal receipts. They need source-level visibility, defensible recovery pathways, and documentation they can stand behind. This partnership connects digital at-source control with a practical, compliant diversion strategy."
Three converging pressures have made source-level digital evidence a near-term operational requirement rather than a long-term ambition:
- Federal: The EPA's intention to begin sunsetting paper manifests will shift hazardous waste documentation to a fully digital infrastructure.
- State: Multi-state RCRA enforcement actions are increasing scrutiny of generator records.
- Investor and board level: ESG and Scope 3 reporting frameworks now require verified, source-level waste data rather than vendor-supplied estimates.
"Hazardous waste programs in the United States are being asked to defend themselves with evidence that paper manifests and vendor estimates simply cannot provide," said Kevin Walsh, Founder and CEO of Chemishield. "By combining Chemishield's at-source governance with NETZERO360™'s recovery and diversion expertise, we're giving healthcare and biotech operators a defensible digital record from the moment waste is generated to the moment it is treated. That changes the economics and the risk profile of running a compliant waste program."
The Chemishield and NETZERO360™ partnership addresses all three pressures through a single integrated workflow, supported by API-ready dashboards, QR-coded digital labeling, and tamper-proof chain-of-custody records. This provides end-to-end visibility, an audit-ready digital chain of custody, and faster cost clarity.
"Compliance and sustainability aren't competing priorities; they're the same conversation," said Lisa Puckett, Chief Compliance Officer of BayArea Compliance. "Our clients need partners who can prove what was collected, where it came from, and where it ended up. Chemishield provides a digital record of truth at the source, while NETZERO360™ ensures the recovery pathway is defensible. Together, we're raising the bar on audit-ready hazardous waste."
To mark the launch of the partnership, Chemishield and NETZERO360™ are offering a complimentary waste analysis to eligible U.S. healthcare and biotech facilities. This assessment identifies local recovery and diversion opportunities and highlights where source-level digital tracking can improve compliance, operational control, and cost clarity.
About BayArea Compliance and NETZERO360™
Lisa Puckett
Chief Compliance Officer, BayArea Compliance
Founding Executive Director, NETZERO360™
About Chemishield
Rachel Copeland
VP, Marketing & Growth Enablement, Chemishield
