(CNN) In a seemingly perfect act of justice, a man who was filmed throwing a used refrigerator off a cliff while mocking recycling was told to retrieve it for proper disposal.

Spain's Guardia Civil police identified the man, who works for a company that distributes domestic appliances, after the video, shot in Almeria region, went viral on social media, according to a press release seen by CNN.

They accompanied him to haul the fridge back up from the ravine in the southern Almeria region, releasing a video of the arduous task.

A court will now decide whether the man will face just an administrative fine or a heftier one under the penal code for "environmental crime", Luis González, a Guardia Civil spokesman, told CNN.

In the original video, the man can be seen unloading the fridge from a van -- its license plate in shot -- and dropping it off a steep cliff.

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