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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Description of the conditions for borrowing under the credit facility including the nature of any restrictions.

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Line of Credit - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May. 09, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest expense related to line of credit facility		$ 42,236	$ 890,453	$ 90,833	$ 1,765,920
Seventh Amendment to Loan Agreement with Regions Bank [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maturity date of loan agreement with Regions Bank				May 13, 2018
Eurodollar [Member] \| Seventh Amendment to Loan Agreement with Regions Bank [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Decrease in applicable margin rate of loans during the period				0.25%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility agreement date				Dec. 15, 2010
Working capital from loan agreement with Regions Bank		$ 10,000,000		$ 10,000,000
Interest on outstanding principal amount		2.44%		2.44%
Outstanding principal amount on line of credit facility		$ 7,250,000		$ 7,250,000
Amount available to be borrow under line of credit facility		2,750,000		2,750,000
Line of credit, accordion feature				$ 5,000,000
Interest rate line of credit facility description				The base rate for any day is the greater of (a) the federal funds rate plus one-half of 1%, (b) Region’s published effective prime rate, or (c) the Eurodollar rate for such day based on an interest period of one month.
Interest expense related to line of credit facility		$ 53,479	$ 49,304	$ 88,529	$ 92,384
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Sixth Amendment to Loan Agreement with Regions Bank [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, accordion feature				$ 5,000,000
Unused fee percentage				0.25%
Maturity date of loan agreement with Regions Bank				May 31, 2015
Terms of loan agreement				The loan agreement was amended to, among other things, (i) add a $5.0 million accordion feature, (ii) increase the borrowing base, (iii) reduce the applicable margin for eurodollar rate loans by 1.0% per annum, (iv) add an unused fee of 0.25% per annum, (v) extend the maturity date to May 31, 2015, (vi) release the guaranty of our Chief Executive Officer previously executed in favor of Regions, (vii) add our company and our wholly owned subsidiary, Earth911, as guarantors (collectively, the “Guarantors”), (viii) allow for permitted acquisitions, and (ix) delete two of the financial covenants and modify the other financial covenants in certain respects. As of June 30, 2015, we were in compliance with the financial covenants.
Percentage of membership interest pledged to guarantee loan obligation	50.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Fluctuating interest rate based on base rate				1.50%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Eurodollar [Member] \| Sixth Amendment to Loan Agreement with Regions Bank [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Decrease in applicable margin rate of loans during the period				1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Eligible Accounts Receivable [Member] \| Largest Customer [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Percentage of accounts receivable form Quest's customers		80.00%		80.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Eligible Accounts Receivable [Member] \| Other Customer [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Percentage of accounts receivable form Quest's customers		85.00%		85.00%