Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Disposals of Properties, Plants and Equipment, Net, and Timberland Gains - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($) asset_group	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($) asset_group	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 asset_group
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 0.7	$ 7.0	$ 9.5	$ 9.3
Timberland gains	0.0	0.0	0.0	24.3
Other Net Gains
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 0.3	1.1	$ 0.7
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of assets groups with assets and liabilities held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	1		1		4
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net			$ 6.4	6.6
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services | Assets Held for Sale
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ (0.2)	4.4
Flexible Products & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of assets groups with assets and liabilities held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	1		1		1
Flexible Products & Services | Assets Held for Sale
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 0.4		$ 1.3
Paper Packaging & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 0.2		0.2
Land Management
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net		$ 1.5	$ 0.9	$ 2.7