The Regional Recycling and Waste Reduction District began as the Pulaski County Regional Solid Waste Management District in 1992. The District is one of 19 Arkansas regional solid waste management districts authorized under Act 752 of 1991. The Regional Recycling District includes all of Pulaski County.

The board is currently chaired by the Mayor of Maumelle and consists also of the Pulaski County Judge and the mayors of Jacksonville, Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood, and Wrightsville. The mayors of the smaller communities of Alexander and Cammack Village are ex-officio members of the Board.

While the Board of Directors establishes policy and governs the District, a Partnership Task Force made up of the Public Works Directors or Sanitation Managers of the member local governments meets regularly to analyze solid waste issues and make recommendations to the Board.

In Arkansas, solid waste management districts assist local governments in planning and overseeing municipal solid waste management programs and services. Districts also administer recycling grants and waste tire management programs funded by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.