Reportable Business Segments (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 4,850,943	$ 1,759,635
Production	5,607,425	1,522,421
Excess capacity	465,666	0
Gross margin (loss)	(1,222,148)	237,214
Prod dev & quality mgt	79,482	218,223
Marketing and sales	300,711	244,929
General & admin	980,434	718,111
Total op expenses	1,360,627	1,181,263
Loss from operations	(2,582,775)	(944,049)
Interest expense	383,657	172,404
Amortization of debt discounts	436,409	143,891
Change in FV of deriv liab	(6,972,477)	5,609,724
Total other (income) expense	(6,152,411)	5,926,019
Net income (loss)	3,569,636	(6,870,068)
Total assets	16,530,651		16,009,423
Engineered Products
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	2,776,563
Production	2,790,395
Excess capacity	465,666
Gross margin (loss)	(479,498)
Total op expenses	0
Loss from operations	(479,498)
Total other (income) expense	0
Net income (loss)	(479,498)
Total assets	6,185,061
Reprocessed Plastics
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	2,074,380
Production	2,817,030
Gross margin (loss)	(742,650)
Total op expenses	0
Loss from operations	(742,650)
Total other (income) expense	0
Net income (loss)	(742,650)
Total assets	8,515,377
Corporate Activities
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	0
Gross margin (loss)	0
Prod dev & quality mgt	79,482
Marketing and sales	300,711
General & admin	980,434
Total op expenses	1,360,627
Loss from operations	(1,360,627)
Interest expense	383,657
Amortization of debt discounts	436,409
Change in FV of deriv liab	(6,972,477)
Total other (income) expense	(6,152,411)
Net income (loss)	4,791,784
Total assets	$ 1,830,213