WA SB6156

Expands minimum postconsumer recycled content (PCRC) requirements beyond the existing categories (beverage containers, household cleaning products, trash bags) to include new "PCRC 2.0 products" such as rigid plastic containers, buckets, household storage containers, nursery pots, furniture, roll carts, and certain film plastics like toilet paper/paper towel packaging

Establishes new PCRC 2.0 recycled content minimums effective January 1, 2029: 30% for rigid plastic containers and products (except roll carts), 10% for roll carts (increasing to 30% by 2031), and 10% for specified film plastics

Increases penalties for producers failing to meet recycled content requirements from 20 cents to 40 cents per pound of non-compliant plastic, and requires third-party certification of postconsumer recycled content starting January 1, 2030

Requires state agencies beginning April 1, 2030 to purchase PCRC products only from producers complying with minimum recycled content requirements, including items like buckets, storage containers, trash bins, roll carts, and trash bags

Defines "de minimis producer" exemptions for businesses with less than one ton of PCRC products annually or less than $5 million in global gross revenue, and exempts products in direct contact with food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and hazardous materials from PCRC 2.0 requirements