Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Disposals of Properties, Plants and Equipment, Net - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($) asset_group	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($) asset_group	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 asset_group
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 1.8	$ 7.9	$ 2.8	$ 8.8
Other Net Gains
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net		0.5		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	2		2		1
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 0.3	6.4	$ 0.9	6.4
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
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net		0.8		0.9
Land Management
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 1.5	$ 0.2	$ 1.9	$ 0.8