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           WARRANTS (Details) (USD $) 
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        9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 
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           Sep. 30, 2014 
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           Dec. 31, 2013 
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| Shares | ||
| Warrants outstanding - beginning of year | 19,550,817TRTC_WarrantsOutstandingBeginningOfYear | 6,711,733TRTC_WarrantsOutstandingBeginningOfYear | 
| Warrants exercised | (9,367,287)TRTC_WarrantsExercised | |
| Warrants granted | 11,491,227TRTC_WarrantsGranted | 12,839,084TRTC_WarrantsGranted | 
| Warrants expired | ||
| Warrants outstanding - end of period | 21,674,757TRTC_WarrantsOutstandingEndOfPeriod | 19,550,817TRTC_WarrantsOutstandingEndOfPeriod | 
| Weighted Average Exercise Price | ||
| Warrants outstanding - beginning of year | $ 0.17TRTC_WarrantsOutstandingBeginningOfYearWeightedAverageExercisePrice1 | $ 0.35TRTC_WarrantsOutstandingBeginningOfYearWeightedAverageExercisePrice1 | 
| Warrants exercised | $ 0.19TRTC_WarrantsExercisedWeightedAverageExercisePrice | |
| Warrants granted | $ 0.30TRTC_WarrantsGrantedWeightedAverageExercisePrice | $ 0.08TRTC_WarrantsGrantedWeightedAverageExercisePrice | 
| Warrants expired | ||
| Warrants outstanding - end of period | $ 0.23TRTC_WarrantsOutstandingEndOfPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice | $ 0.17TRTC_WarrantsOutstandingEndOfPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice | 
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