federal government support for landfill construction has helped reducing the amount of waste disposed of in nonsanitary landfills although brazil fell short of its national target to close all uncontrolled landfills by it requires all manufacturers distributors and retailers of pesticides batteries tyres lubricating oils fluorescent lamps and electronic devices and their components to recover these products at the end of their useful life insufficient recycling infrastructure and limited municipal capacity for separate waste collection are the main bottlenecks in implementation of these extended producer responsibility programmes the federal government has encouraged the formation of cooperatives of waste pickers who are key players in the waste recovery business thereby linking environmental and social objectives