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Accounting Policies and Nature of Operations - Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue Listed by Sales Category and State (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 82,024,497	$ 54,056,343
Gross Profit	$ 16,255,842	$ 9,679,723
Margin	19.80%	17.90%
Echo Environmental, LLC [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 14,504,343
Gross Profit	7,338,018
Texas [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	79,139,945	$ 51,409,880
Gross Profit	$ 15,349,798	$ 8,808,263
Margin	19.40%	17.10%
South Carolina [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 2,884,552	$ 2,646,463
Gross Profit	$ 906,044	$ 871,460
Margin	31.40%	32.90%
South Carolina [Member] | Echo Environmental, LLC [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues
Gross Profit
Margin	0.00%	0.00%
Jewelry [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 17,206,586	$ 17,987,872
Gross Profit	$ 4,291,487	$ 5,158,215
Margin	24.90%	28.70%
Jewelry [Member] | Texas [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 15,443,415	$ 16,221,840
Gross Profit	$ 3,590,279	$ 4,526,907
Margin	23.20%	27.90%
Jewelry [Member] | South Carolina [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 1,763,171	$ 1,766,032
Gross Profit	$ 701,208	$ 631,308
Margin	39.80%	35.70%
Bullion/Rare Coin [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 39,689,218	$ 29,079,487
Gross Profit	$ 2,645,534	$ 2,951,368
Margin	6.70%	10.10%
Bullion/Rare Coin [Member] | Texas [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 39,036,157	$ 28,424,263
Gross Profit	$ 2,572,243	$ 2,855,116
Margin	6.60%	10.00%
Bullion/Rare Coin [Member] | South Carolina [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 653,061	$ 655,224
Gross Profit	$ 73,291	$ 96,252
Margin	11.20%	14.70%
Scrap [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 7,431,749	$ 5,140,420
Gross Profit	$ 1,157,459	$ 907,190
Margin	15.60%	17.60%
Scrap [Member] | Texas [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 7,431,749	$ 5,140,420
Gross Profit	$ 1,157,459	$ 907,190
Margin	15.60%	17.60%
Other [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 3,192,601	$ 1,848,564
Gross Profit	$ 823,344	$ 662,950
Margin	25.80%	35.90%
Other [Member] | Texas [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 2,724,281	$ 1,623,357
Gross Profit	$ 691,799	$ 519,050
Margin	25.40%	32.00%
Other [Member] | South Carolina [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 468,320	$ 225,207
Gross Profit	$ 131,545	$ 143,900
Margin	28.10%	63.90%
Subtotal [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 67,520,154	$ 54,056,343
Gross Profit	$ 8,917,824	$ 9,679,723
Margin	13.20%	17.90%
Subtotal [Member] | Echo Environmental, LLC [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 14,504,343
Gross Profit	$ 7,338,018
Margin	50.60%	0.00%
Subtotal [Member] | Texas [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 64,635,602	$ 51,409,880
Gross Profit	$ 8,011,780	$ 8,808,263
Margin	12.40%	17.10%
Subtotal [Member] | Texas [Member] | Echo Environmental, LLC [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 14,504,343
Gross Profit	$ 7,338,018
Margin	50.60%	0.00%
Subtotal [Member] | South Carolina [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 2,884,552	$ 2,646,463
Gross Profit	$ 906,044	$ 871,460
Margin	34.10%	32.90%
Subtotal [Member] | South Carolina [Member] | Echo Environmental, LLC [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues
Gross Profit
Margin	0.00%	0.00%
Recycle [Member] | Echo Environmental, LLC [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 4,441,347
Gross Profit	$ 2,533,416
Margin	57.00%	0.00%
Recycle [Member] | Texas [Member] | Echo Environmental, LLC [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 4,441,347
Gross Profit	$ 2,533,416
Margin	57.00%	0.00%
Reuse [Member] | Echo Environmental, LLC [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 4,280,934
Gross Profit	$ 2,158,698
Margin	50.40%	0.00%
Reuse [Member] | Texas [Member] | Echo Environmental, LLC [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 4,280,934
Gross Profit	$ 2,158,698
Margin	50.40%	0.00%
Refining [Member] | Echo Environmental, LLC [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 3,417,872
Gross Profit	$ 546,860
Margin	16.00%	0.00%
Refining [Member] | Texas [Member] | Echo Environmental, LLC [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 3,417,872
Gross Profit	$ 546,860
Margin	16.00%	0.00%
Services [Member] | Echo Environmental, LLC [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 2,364,190
Gross Profit	$ 2,099,044
Margin	88.80%	0.00%
Services [Member] | Texas [Member] | Echo Environmental, LLC [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 2,364,190
Gross Profit	$ 2,099,044
Margin	88.80%	0.00%

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