Net Assets Held for Sale	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2011
Net Assets Held for Sale [Abstract]
NET ASSETS HELD FOR SALE	NOTE 5—NET ASSETS HELD FOR SALE As of October 31, 2011 there were seven locations in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment with assets held for sale. During 2011, the Company sold seven locations, added four locations and placed six locations back in service for purposes of GAAP and resumed depreciation. As a result of placing six locations back in service in 2011, the 2010 consolidated balance sheet has been reclassified for such locations to conform to the current year presentation. The net assets held for sale are being marketed for sale and it is the Company’s intention to complete the facility sales within the upcoming year. In 2011, there were sales in the Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment which resulted in a $3.2 million gain, sales in the Paper Packaging segment which resulted in a $0.9 million gain, sales in the Land Management segment of HBU and surplus properties which resulted in a $11.4 million gain and sales of other miscellaneous equipment which resulted in a $0.6 million loss.

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The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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