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Stockholders' Equity - Total Share-based Incentive Compensation Expense (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Total share-based incentive compensation expense $ 54.1us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation $ 24.1us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation [1] $ 16.9us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation [1]
Associated tax benefits recognized 15.7us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense 7.8us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense 6.2us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense
2014 Special PSU Awards [Member]      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Total share-based incentive compensation expense 11.8us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
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2014 Three-year PSU Awards [Member]      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Total share-based incentive compensation expense 6.8us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
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2013 Three-year PSU Awards [Member]      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Total share-based incentive compensation expense 8.2us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
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4.4us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
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= see_TwoThousandThirteenThreeYearPsuAwardsMember
 
2012 Three-year PSU Awards [Member]      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Total share-based incentive compensation expense 1.8us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
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= see_TwoThousandTwelveThreeYearPsuAwardsMember
2.4us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= see_TwoThousandTwelveThreeYearPsuAwardsMember
1.9us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= see_TwoThousandTwelveThreeYearPsuAwardsMember
2011 Three-year PSU Awards [Member]      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Total share-based incentive compensation expense   (1.2)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
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= see_TwoThousandElevenThreeYearPsuAwardsMember
1.7us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
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= see_TwoThousandElevenThreeYearPsuAwardsMember
2010 Three-year PSU Awards [Member]      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Total share-based incentive compensation expense   0.1us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
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= see_TwoThousandTenThreeYearPsuAwardsMember
0.9us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= see_TwoThousandTenThreeYearPsuAwardsMember
2013 WVH Incentive Compensation [Member]      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Total share-based incentive compensation expense 1.3us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
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= see_TwoThousandThirteenWvhIncentiveCompensationMember
2.5us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= see_TwoThousandThirteenWvhIncentiveCompensationMember
 
2012 CEO Incentive Compensation [Member]      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Total share-based incentive compensation expense 0.4us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= see_TwoThousandTwelvePresidentAndCooFourYearIncentiveCompensationMember
0.6us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= see_TwoThousandTwelvePresidentAndCooFourYearIncentiveCompensationMember
0.2us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= see_TwoThousandTwelvePresidentAndCooFourYearIncentiveCompensationMember
SLO Awards [Member]      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Total share-based incentive compensation expense 4.6us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= see_SloAwardsMember
2.8us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= see_SloAwardsMember
0.7us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= see_SloAwardsMember
Other long-term share based incentive compensation programs [Member]      
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Total share-based incentive compensation expense $ 19.2us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
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$ 12.5us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
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= see_OtherLongTermShareBasedIncentiveCompensationProgramsMember
$ 11.5us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= see_OtherLongTermShareBasedIncentiveCompensationProgramsMember
[1] Certain amounts have been revised to reflect the retrospective application of the Company’s change in inventory costing method for certain U.S. inventories to the FIFO method from the LIFO method. Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Inventories,” of the notes to consolidated financial statements for further details surrounding this accounting policy change.