They are a registered charity, perhaps, exempt by law from teh DNC List.  YOU can kindly ask them to remove your number from their list and, maybe, they might.

2012-01-11 20:14:41    "(416) 446-0063" <4164460063>They just called me now... I answered and a woman said 'hello' I also heard what sounded like a room full of other telemarketers chattering in the background. I said hello back to her and she hung up! What the point of calling and then hanging up... bunch of dip-s**ts!

I answer this one.  As stated it's to pick up donations that us lazy bastards can't be bothered to drop off anywhere :).  I'm not a fan of unknown numbers, but please reconsider for this one.

Take care, j

recycling matters ,told them twice already to stop calling ,they do for a while 2 months .then it starts again.

They are in fact a charity that is calling to ask if you have anything to donate so they can come and pick them up.  The phones are staffed by volunteers that are often new canadians and young so they can be hard to understand.  They are trying to do good, answer and if you don't want them to call you anymore, be polite and they will definitely respect your wishes and remove you from their lists.

sadly a lot of people are exempt ... including charities and opinion poles etc.   As well as anyone you had dealings with or asked for information in the past 2 years, and newspapers I think.