Inventories and Cost of Sales - Additional Information (Detail) - Cost of Sales $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Inventory [Line Items]
Reimbursement of previously incurred environmental expenses	$ 6.8
Diversey Care [Member]
Inventory [Line Items]
Reimbursement of previously incurred environmental expenses	$ 5.6

Amount of any recovery from third parties that is credited to environmental remediation costs.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 410
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6393242&loc=d3e13296-110859

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