Reportable Business Segments (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 6,627,765	[1]	$ 5,341,543
Production	6,471,049	[1]	5,147,181
Start-up and excess capacity	816,111	[1]	0
Gross margin (loss)	(659,395)	[1]	194,362
Product development and quality management	1,556,203	[1]	1,108,545
Marketing and sales	927,061	[1]	1,003,836
General and administrative	4,232,200	[1]	3,799,327
Total operating costs and expenses	6,715,464	[1]	5,911,708
Loss from operations	(7,374,859)	[1]	(5,717,346)
Interest expense	808,117	[1]	376,980
Amortization of debt discounts	685,761	[1]	510,220
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities	(15,320,865)	[1]	1,171,419
Total other expense	(16,814,743)	[1]	284,219
Net loss	(24,189,602)	[1]	(5,433,127)
Total assets	16,009,423	[1]	5,866,711
Engineered Products
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	5,916,363	[1]
Production	5,434,123	[1]
Start-up and excess capacity	816,111	[1]
Gross margin (loss)	(333,871)	[1]
Product development and quality management	1,556,203	[1]
Marketing and sales	911,345	[1]
General and administrative	0	[1]
Total operating costs and expenses	2,467,548	[1]
Loss from operations	(2,801,419)	[1]
Interest expense	0	[1]
Amortization of debt discounts	0	[1]
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities	0	[1]
Total other expense	0	[1]
Net loss	(2,801,419)	[1]
Total assets	7,546,454	[1]
Reprocessed Plastics
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	711,402	[1]
Production	1,036,926	[1]
Start-up and excess capacity	0	[1]
Gross margin (loss)	(325,524)	[1]
Product development and quality management	0	[1]
Marketing and sales	15,716	[1]
General and administrative	0	[1]
Total operating costs and expenses	15,716	[1]
Loss from operations	(341,240)	[1]
Interest expense	0	[1]
Amortization of debt discounts	0	[1]
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities	0	[1]
Total other expense	0	[1]
Net loss	(341,240)	[1]
Total assets	8,462,969	[1]
Corporate Activities
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	0	[1]
Production	0	[1]
Start-up and excess capacity	0	[1]
Gross margin (loss)	0	[1]
Product development and quality management	0	[1]
Marketing and sales	0	[1]
General and administrative	4,232,200	[1]
Total operating costs and expenses	4,232,200	[1]
Loss from operations	(4,232,200)	[1]
Interest expense	808,117	[1]
Amortization of debt discounts	685,761	[1]
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities	15,320,865	[1]
Total other expense	16,814,743	[1]
Net loss	(21,046,943)	[1]
Total assets	$ 0	[1]

[1] As the acquisition of the plastics recycling company which provided a second segment to our business, was acquired in November 2013, we did not report segment information for the year ended December 31, 2012.