Reportable Business Segments (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 3,122,912	$ 1,272,689	$ 12,027,909	$ 4,532,274
Production	3,902,250	1,189,172	14,718,367	4,145,008
Excess capacity & inventory adjustments	369,806	293,941	1,829,700	394,740
Gross margin (loss)	(1,149,144)	(210,424)	(4,520,158)	(7,474)
Product development & quality management	52,219	213,525	226,273	682,141
Marketing and sales	126,047	202,106	801,633	703,201
General & administrative	1,069,672	732,427	22,175,376	2,216,656
Total operating expenses	1,247,938	1,148,058	23,203,282	3,601,998
Loss from operations	(2,397,082)	(1,358,482)	(27,723,440)	(3,609,472)
Interest expense	478,496	190,318	1,320,127	542,971
Amortization of debt discounts	1,196,807	132,497	2,055,894	414,525
Impairment of intangible assets	545,750	0	545,750	0
Fair value of common shares issued in excess of fair value of warrants tendered	(54)	0	883,422	0
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities	(7,337,983)	(730,000)	(18,385,978)	(253,936)
Total other (income)	(5,116,984)	(407,185)	(13,580,785)	703,560
Net income (loss)	2,719,902	(951,297)	(14,142,655)	(4,313,032)
Total assets	18,311,978		18,311,978		16,009,423
Engineered Products
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	1,667,668		6,630,042
Production	1,714,300		6,412,835
Excess capacity & inventory adjustments	369,806		1,829,700
Gross margin (loss)	(416,438)		(1,612,493)
Product development & quality management	0		0
Marketing and sales	0		0
General & administrative	0		0
Total operating expenses	0		0
Loss from operations	(416,438)		(1,612,493)
Interest expense	0		0
Amortization of debt discounts	0		0
Impairment of intangible assets	0
Fair value of common shares issued in excess of fair value of warrants tendered	0		0
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities	0		0
Total other (income)	0		0
Net income (loss)	(416,438)		(1,612,493)
Total assets	8,215,092		8,215,092
Reprocessed Plastics
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	1,455,244		5,397,867
Production	2,187,950		8,305,532
Excess capacity & inventory adjustments	0		0
Gross margin (loss)	(732,706)		(2,907,665)
Product development & quality management	0		0
Marketing and sales	0		0
General & administrative	0		0
Total operating expenses	0		0
Loss from operations	(732,706)		(2,907,665)
Interest expense	0		0
Amortization of debt discounts	0		0
Impairment of intangible assets	0
Fair value of common shares issued in excess of fair value of warrants tendered	0		0
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities	0		0
Total other (income)	0		0
Net income (loss)	(732,706)		(2,907,665)
Total assets	5,622,686		5,622,686
Corporate Activities
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenue	0		0
Production	0		0
Excess capacity & inventory adjustments	0		0
Gross margin (loss)	0		0
Product development & quality management	52,219		226,273
Marketing and sales	126,047		801,633
General & administrative	1,069,672		22,175,376
Total operating expenses	1,247,938		23,203,282
Loss from operations	(1,247,938)		(23,203,282)
Interest expense	478,496		1,320,127
Amortization of debt discounts	1,196,807		2,055,894
Impairment of intangible assets	545,750
Fair value of common shares issued in excess of fair value of warrants tendered	(54)		883,422
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities	(7,337,983)		(18,385,978)
Total other (income)	(5,116,984)		(13,580,785)
Net income (loss)	3,869,046		(9,622,497)
Total assets	$ 4,474,200		$ 4,474,200