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About Us
North America's Leader in Semi-Underground Waste Containment Solutions

Molok North America manufactures, sells, and services the award-winning Molok® Deep Collection™ system: a better-looking, space-saving — and more cost-effective — way to manage reusables, recyclables, organics, and garbage.

Since debuting in Finland in 1991, Molok® containers have been chosen by governments, business owners, property managers, architects, developers, and environmental groups in 45+ countries to lower waste management costs, reclaim valuable real estate, beautify landscapes, and increase diversion rates.

Established in 1999, and headquartered in Mount Forest, Ontario, Molok North America is proud to bring the future of waste management to Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

2020 The Globe and Mail Canada's Top Growing Companies Award
2019 The Globe and Mail Canada's Top Growing Companies Award
2018 Acquisition International Female CEO of the Year in Waste Management Award
2017 The New Economy Awards Molok® Most Innovative Waste Management Company
2016 The New Economy Awards Best Recycling and Waste Management Solutions
2016 Business Worldwide Global Corporate Excellence Award
2016 Profit 500 Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies

Our Mission

Driven by a vision of a sustainable world in which effective and efficient waste management is seamlessly integrated into everyday life, our mission is to replace legacy approaches to municipal, commercial, and multi-residential waste management (e.g., dumpsters, wheeled carts, surface bins, and climate-controlled rooms) by making it easy to buy and use our better-looking, space-saving, cleaner, safer, and more cost-effective Molok® Deep Collection™ containers — whether as a standard in new builds or as a retrofit upgrade to existing facilities.

Our Story

Historic collage showing Molok®'s long heritage in the waste containment industry

The Molok North America team is committed to designing, manufacturing, selling, and servicing solutions that seamlessly integrate effective and efficient waste management practices into everyday life. In doing so, we’re proud to carry a torch lit in Finland more than three decades ago.

In 1991, entrepreneur and inventor Veikko Salli debuted the original Molok® Deep CollectionTM system. Mr. Salli’s pioneering approach represented the most meaningful advancement in storing and collecting waste since the arrival of the Dempster Dumpster in 1935 and, appropriately enough, was inspired by the dirty, smelly, pest-attracting garbage bins outside his hotel and restaurant operation.

Through years of experimenting and tinkering, Mr. Salli had developed a product that saved space, saved money, and looked better than alternatives — while also being cleaner, safer, and easier to use. With clear advantages over dumpsters and carts, demand took off and the original Deep Collection™ lineup and its descendants have been planted in more than 45 countries around the world.

Veikko Salli with his Molok® container, mid 1990's in Finland.

Veikko Salli with his Molok® container,
mid 1990's in Finland.

Marja Hillis, early 2000's posing with a Molok® container

Marja Hillis, early 2000's.

Molok North America was born in 1999, when Marja Hillis — Mr. Salli’s daughter — moved to Mount Forest, Ontario. With a tireless commitment, she championed the Deep CollectionTM system and its many benefits over the status quo. Municipalities, facility managers, and property developers loved the solution, but despite the strong demand many haulers were reluctant to support crane-lifted collections, presenting a chicken-and-egg barrier to progress.

But Molok® didn’t become a global brand by giving up easily — if the major haulers wouldn’t support crane-lifted collections, then we would just do it ourselves. In 2003, Mark Hillis (now Molok North America’s CEO) began Deep Clean Waste Services Incorporated to serve South-Western Ontario. With crane-lifted collections available at a competitive price, adoption of the Deep Collection™ system soared.

Marja Hillis, 2012 posing with a collection of Molok® container wells

Marja Hillis, 2012

The big haulers took notice, and Waste Management Inc. acquired Deep Clean Waste Services Inc. only a few years later, enabling expansion of service across Canada. Fast-forward to today:

  • More than 12,000 Molok® units have been planted across the continent, and Molok North America is the market leader in semi-underground waste containment solutions;
  • Crane-lifted collection is available and competitively priced in practically every municipality with a population greater than 50,000; and
  • The original Deep Collection™ line has been extended to include a range of models, lids, accessories, and customization options to meet the diverse waste needs and installation environments of North America’s vast geography.

More than two decades after Marja Hillis established Molok North America in Mount Forest, it remains our home and reminds us daily of the small-town values that have guided our company so well for so long. From these headquarters, our dedicated team is proud to drive the industry forward with a commitment to product quality, customer service, and relationships built on earned trust — all oriented around a better way to manage waste.

Our Team

Executive

Mark Hillis

CEO & PRESIDENT

Mark Hillis

Office: 519-323-9909
ext: 120
Cell; 519-261-0114

mark.hillis@molokna.com

 

Tim Corcoran

VICE PRESIDENT BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING

Tim Corcoran

Office: 519-323-9909
ext: 130
Cell; 416-627-7683

tim.corcoran@molokna.com

 

Andrew Holliday

VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE
& ADMINISTRATION

Andrew Holliday

Office: 519-323-9909
ext: 107

andrew.holliday@molokna.com

 

Gary McLean

VICE PRESIDENT
OPERATIONS

Gary McLean

Office: 519-323-9909
ext: 112

gary.mclean@molokna.com

 

Sales & Business Development

Kevin Rahmani

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
MANAGER, WESTERN CANADA

Kevin Rahmani

Cell: 780-966-1430

kevin.rahmani@molokna.com

 

Duane Widdis

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
MANAGER, ONTARIO

Duane Widdis

Cell: 416-276-4034

duane.widdis@molokna.com

 

Holly Washuta

NIAGARA REGION 
SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Holly Washuta

Cell: 289-257-0368

holly.washuta@molokna.com

 

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YORK & SIMCOE REGIONS
SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Angelo Pace

Cell: 289-383-3526

angelo.pace@molokna.com

 

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MIDWESTERN ONTARIO
SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Adam Holder

Cell: 519-323-6980

adam.holder@molokna.com

 

 

 

 

 



 

 



 

Administration

Vanessa Graber

SALES COORDINATOR
WESTERN CANADA & QUEBEC

Vanessa Graber

Office: 519-323-9909
ext: 102

vanessa.graber@molokna.com

 

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SALES COORDINATOR
ONTARIO & U.S.A.

Jason Stortz

Office: 519-323-9909
ext: 101

jason.stortz@molokna.com

 

Bethanie

ACTING MANAGER
DEEP COLLECTION BY MOLOK®

Bethanie Gauci

Office: 519-323-9909
ext: 122

bethanie.gauci@molokna.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administration

Kieran White

MARKETING COORDINATOR
INBOUND & DIGITAL

Kieran White

Office: 519-323-9909
ext: 124

kieran.white@molokna.com

 

 
 
 
 
Glen Laycock

ACCOUNTING

Glen Laycock

Office: 519-323-9909
ext: 105

accounting@molokna.com

 

Operations

Tyler Kirkpatrick

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Tyler Kirkpatrick

Office: 519-323-9909
ext: 110

tyler.kirkpatrick@molokna.com

 

Rob Harper

INVENTORY CLERK

Rob Harper

Office: 519-323-9909
ext: 124

rob.harper@molokna.com

 

Sean Shering

MAINTENANCE & REPAIR
MANAGER

Sean Shering

Cell: 519-261-1401

sean.shering@molokna.com

 


Contact Info

Our headquarters are located at:

152 Harry Bye Blvd.,
P.O. Box 693
Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada
N0G 2L0

Phone: +1-519-323-9909
Email: molok@molokna.com

Front doors of the Molok North America Ltd. Head Office in Mount Forest Ontario