Effective August 1,2012 the province of Manitoba will be collecting a fee for new electronic items consumers purchase. The fee is a flat fee depending on what type of electronic item you purchased. For the breakdown of fees by product category please see this page. This fee is subject to both PST & GST. Some vendors will show the fee broken out as a separate line item some will simply include the fee in the price of the item. For further information regarding the Electronic Waste Program please see the consumer recycling info at the EPRA Manitoba website