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A system for remotely managing a network of waste containers (12), each of which is associated with a monitoring unit (38), utilizes a central computer (50) having a communication link to each monitoring unit (38). The central computer (50) provides a dynamically updated display, via a display modul

A system for remotely managing a network of waste containers (12), each of which is associated with a monitoring unit (38), utilizes a central computer (50) having a communication link to each monitoring unit (38). The central computer (50) provides a dynamically updated display, via a display module (60) having a full container window (or zone) which shows full containers (12), an alarm window (or zone) which shows non-full containers (12) having an alarm condition, and a container status window (or zone) which shows non-full containers not having an alarm condition.

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1. A system for remotely managing a waste container network, the container network including a plurality of waste containers, each container having associated therewith a monitoring unit for communicating status information to a remote location, the system comprising:a display device for displaying

1. A system for remotely managing a waste container network, the container network including a plurality of waste containers, each container having associated therewith a monitoring unit for communicating status information to a remote location, the system comprising:a display device for displaying graphical information to a user; a computer including a computer-readable medium for storing computer-readable instructions thereon, the computer-readable medium comprising: a container database for storing the respective status information and respective identifiers for the containers in the network; a communications module for receiving the status information and for updating the container database based on the status information; a display module for generating a display signal readable by the display device; a full container module cooperating with the display module to display a listing of identifiers representing the full containers in a full container zone on the display device.