Vaulted Deep selected as honoree for Wichita Business Journal’s 2026 Innovation Awards

Vaulted Deep, a Wichita, Kansas-based waste management and carbon removal company, has been named an honoree for the 2026 Wichita Business Journal Innovation Awards.

The awards recognize companies that use innovation to produce real-world impact across the Wichita region. Vaulted Deep’s Great Plains facility was honored for demonstrating how modern waste management solutions can deliver benefits for both communities and the environment, the company says.

At its Great Plains facility in Hutchinson, Kansas, Vaulted Deep provides disposal for excess organic materials—such as manure, biosolids, paper sludge and agricultural byproducts—while the facility repurposes historic salt caverns.

Since taking over the Hutchinson site in 2023, Vaulted Deep says it has expanded operations and invested in the region, including:

• processing more than 140,000 tonnes (154,323.584 tons) of organic materials;
• tripling infrastructure capacity through upgrades completed in 2025;
• creating more than 30 full-time jobs with benefits; and
• investing over $10.8 million into the Kansas economy.

Vaulted Deep also works closely with Kansas governments and businesses through expanded partnerships with local trucking companies, service providers and farmers.

“Our work in Kansas is rooted in close collaboration with farmers, truckers, wastewater operators and small businesses in the area,” Julia Reichelstein, co-founder and CEO of Vaulted Deep, says. “We have invested heavily in Hutchinson to create infrastructure communities can rely on. Our Great Plains site shows how safe, proven technology, when paired with long-term community partnership, can solve real waste challenges while supporting jobs and protecting natural resources.”