Dependency Injection in HtmlHelper extension method?

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I want to implement property renderers as handlers. I am using Autofac as a DI container in the app. How can I get objects implementing IPropertyHandler in HtmlHelper extension without using globally accessible container (service location)? Is it a way to register own HtmlHelper in Autofac? Maybe MVC framework provide another way?

public static class HtmlHelperExtensions {
    public static MvcHtmlString Editor(this HtmlHelper html, object model) {
        return new Renderer(new List<IPropertyHandler>() /*Where to get these objects?*/ ).Render(html, model);
    }
}

public class Renderer {
    private readonly ICollection<IPropertyHandler> _propertyRenderers;

    public Renderer(ICollection<IPropertyHandler> propertyRenderers) {
        _propertyRenderers = propertyRenderers;
    }

    public MvcHtmlString Render(HtmlHelper html, object model) {
        var result = "";
        foreach(var prop in model.GetType().GetProperties()) {
            var renderers = _propertyRenderers.OrderBy(b => b.Order);
            //impl
        }
        return new MvcHtmlString(result);
    }
}
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