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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Debt Debt (Notes Exchange) (Details)	Nov. 01, 2023	Oct. 01, 2021	Apr. 15, 2016 EUR (€)	Apr. 15, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 15, 2016 USD ($)
3.75% Senior Exchange Notes due 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of note \| €			€ 300,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			3.75%		3.75%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date		Oct. 01, 2021
Newell Exchange Notes \| €			€ 271,900,000
5% Senior Exchange Notes due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of note \| $					$ 300,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			5.00%		5.00%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	Nov. 01, 2023
Newell Exchange Notes \| $				$ 295,100,000
3.75% Senior Exchange Remaining Jarden Notes due 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of note \| €			€ 28,100,000
5% Senior Exchange Remaining Jarden Notes due 2023 [Member] [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of note \| $					$ 4,900,000