Goodwill and Identifiable Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill [Line Items]
Number of steps for goodwill impairment test			Two
Goodwill impairment loss		$ 1,100,000,000	$ 0
Pre-tax impairment charge of indefinite lived intangible assets		189,000,000
Reduction of pre-tax goodwill impairment charge	326,000,000
Carrying value of remaining goodwill			3,005,500,000		3,114,600,000	[1]
Customer relationships [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Pre-tax impairment charge of finite lived intangible assets				149,000,000
Food Care [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Carrying value of remaining goodwill			611,700,000		625,700,000
Diversey Care [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment loss	0			97,000,000
Fair value of reporting unit				12.00%
Carrying value of remaining goodwill	1,143,100,000		1,017,800,000	1,143,100,000	1,111,100,000
Food & Beverage - Hygiene Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill impairment loss				174,000,000
Trademarks and trade names [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Pre-tax impairment charge of indefinite lived intangible assets		189,000,000		441,000,000
Indefinite-lived intangible Assets (excluding goodwill)			251,000,000
Trademarks and trade names [Member] | Food Care [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Pre-tax impairment charge of indefinite lived intangible assets				140,000,000
Trademarks and trade names [Member] | Diversey Care [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Pre-tax impairment charge of indefinite lived intangible assets				$ 301,000,000

[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.