Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Apr. 20, 2018	Mar. 30, 2018	Feb. 20, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Feb. 28, 2018	Jun. 28, 2017	Feb. 15, 2017	Aug. 26, 2016
Subsequent Events (Textual)
Sale of agreement amount			$ 3,000,000
Aggregate amount of loan							$ 89,100,000	$ 2,300,000
Reverse stock split				The Company completed a 1 for 8 reverse stock split on March 18, 2019.
Warrant exercise price						$ 1.90
New Credit Companies [Member]
Subsequent Events (Textual)
Aggregate amount of loan					$ 1,000,000
April 5, 2018 [Member]
Subsequent Events (Textual)
Closing bid price, description				The Company was notified by Nasdaq that the Company's closing bid price for the last 30 consecutive business days was less than $1.00 per share. As a result, the Company does not satisfy the continued listing requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). Nasdaq Listing Rule 581(c)(3)(A) provides a compliance period of 180 calendar days to regain compliance.
Sunoco Retail LLC Transaction [Member]
Subsequent Events (Textual)
Purchase agreement, description		(i) provide an exception to the indemnification obligations of Seller Parties with respect to Losses (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) arising out of or relating to an acquisition of certain solid waste assets by an Acquired Entity following the execution date of the Purchase Agreement and the assets and liabilities assumed by such Acquired Entity in connection with the acquisition and (ii) to amend the description of the Company Warrant to provide that the Company Warrant Exercise Price shall be equal to the lower of (a) $1.25 or (b) the average of the daily high and low sale prices per share over the 30 days ending one day prior to the Closing, provided that such price shall not be less than $1.00 per share of Common Stock.
Prior Credit Agreement [Member]
Subsequent Events (Textual)
Aggregate amount of loan				$ 75,800,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | Sunoco Retail LLC Transaction [Member]
Subsequent Events (Textual)
Lease agreement, description	Upon the consummation of the Transaction (the "Closing"), Buyer paid Seller Parties $3.0 million in cash; satisfied $75.8 million of outstanding indebtedness under the Prior Credit Agreement (as defined below); and assumed the Acquired Entities' obligations under certain equipment leases and other operating indebtedness and obligations. At the Closing, the Seller Parties retained approximately $8.2 million of outstanding indebtedness under the New Credit Agreement (as defined below), including accrued interest in an aggregate amount approximately equal to $1.0 million, and all other assets and obligations of Meridian, the Technologies Business and the Innovations Business (each as defined below). Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, at the Closing, Meridian issued to Buyer a warrant (the "Company Warrant") to purchase shares of Meridian's common stock, par value $0.025 equal to two percent of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Meridian on a fully-diluted basis as of Closing (subject to adjustment as set forth therein and as more fully described in the Purchase Agreement and the Company Warrant) at a per share purchase price equal to $1.00 (the "Company Warrant Exercise Price").
Sale of agreement shares	106,605
Exercise price per share	$ 1.00
Sale of agreement amount	$ 100,000
Long term debt, description	The Loan matures on December 22, 2020, principal amounts of the Term Loans shall be repaid in consecutive quarterly installments of $350,000 on the last day of each fiscal quarter commencing on June 30, 2018, unless such Loan becomes due and payable earlier by acceleration or otherwise. So long as no default or event of default has occurred that is then continuing, the New Credit Companies have the option to convert any part of the Loan equal to $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof into a "Base Rate Loan" or a "LIBOR Rate Loan." Base Rate Loans bear interest at the greatest of (i) the rate of interest quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate in effect on such date, (ii) the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers in effect on such day, plus one-half of 1%, (iii) the sum of (1) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (as defined below) for a period of one month and (2) 1.00%, in each instance, as of such day, and (iv) 4.25%, plus 7.00%. LIBOR Rate Loans bear interest at the greater of (i) the rate per annum obtained by dividing (a)(1) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration for deposits with a term equivalent to such period in U.S. dollars displayed on the ICE LIBOR USD page of the Reuters screen (the "Eurodollar Screen Rate") or (2) in the event the Eurodollar Screen Rate is not available, the rate per annum equal to the offered rate that is set forth on or in such other available quotation page or service as is acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and the provide an average ICE Benchmark Administration Limited Interest Settlement Rate or another London interbank offered rate administered by any other person that takes over the administration of such rate for deposits with a term equivalent to such period in U.S. dollars, or (3) in the event the rates reference in preceding clauses (1) and (2) are not available or if such information, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent shall cease to accurately reflect the rate offered by leading banks in the London interbank market as reported by any publicly available source of similar market data selected by the Administrative Agent, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate (collectively, the "Adjusted LIBOR Rate") plus 8.00%.