Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Disposals of Properties, Plants and Equipment, Net - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017 USD ($) asset_group	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2017 USD ($) asset_group	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 asset_group
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ (1.1)	$ (0.7)	$ (3.9)	$ (9.5)
Other Net Gains
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net		(0.3)		(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	4		4		1
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net		0.2	$ (0.8)	(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
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ (0.7)	(0.4)	(0.8)	(1.3)
Land Management
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	(0.6)		(2.4)	(0.9)
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)	$ 0.1	$ (0.2)
Assets reclassified to held for use | 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