“…Given these issues, researchers have turned their attention to the CLSC. A plethora of papers explore CLSC development from various angles, including the impact of free-riding behaviors [ 3 , 4 , 6 , 7 ], waste product recycling [ [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] ], competition [ [13] , [14] , [15] ], channel power structures [ 16 , 17 ], different collector dynamics [ 18 , 19 ], collection effort implementation [ 20 ], and diverse collection cost structures [ 21 ]. Researchers have found that the decisions of traditional and online retailers are influenced by consumer free riding [ 22 , 23 ].…”