Reportable Business Segment Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)		Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)		Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) segment		Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of segments | segment																	3
Net sales	$ 995,703		$ 1,266,930		$ 1,021,814		$ 805,407		$ 805,891		$ 1,139,643		$ 874,642		$ 792,738		$ 4,089,854		$ 3,612,914		$ 3,763,971
Depreciation and amortization																	174,062		143,058		142,192
Rationalization charges	1,300	[1]	600	[1]	3,000	[1]	900	[1]	5,100	[2]	$ 7,800	[2]	$ 5,000	[2]	$ 1,100	[2]	5,826		19,061		14,407
Segment income from operations																	356,990		299,730		319,812
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs	900		$ 800		$ 9,800		$ 13,200		1,400
Segment assets	4,591,468								3,100,969								4,591,468		3,100,969		3,144,625
Capital expenditures																	174,429		191,893		237,302
Metal Containers [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales																	2,278,054		2,271,933		2,365,268
Depreciation and amortization																	77,698		72,810		70,685
Segment income from operations																	230,199		214,696		236,421
Segment assets	1,670,426								1,551,729								1,670,426		1,551,729		1,542,120
Capital expenditures																	87,115		108,606		146,972
Closures [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales																	1,246,669		797,074		804,988
Depreciation and amortization																	61,668		38,146		37,720
Segment income from operations																	142,048		99,806		91,823
Segment assets	2,182,529								808,771								2,182,529		808,771		834,114
Capital expenditures																	56,682		43,120		41,796
Plastic Containers [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales																	565,131		543,907		593,715
Depreciation and amortization																	34,607		31,993		33,665
Segment income from operations																	27,770		5,231		7,768
Segment assets	704,432								707,578								704,432		707,578		735,182
Capital expenditures																	30,141		40,152		48,510
Corporate Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales																	0		0		0
Depreciation and amortization																	89		109		122
Rationalization charges																			0		0
Segment income from operations																	(43,027)	[3]	(20,003)	[3]	(16,200)
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs																	24,700		1,400
Segment assets	$ 34,081								$ 32,891								34,081		32,891		33,209
Capital expenditures																	491		15		24
Facility Closings and Restructuring [Member] | Metal Containers [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Rationalization charges																	3,308		12,056		41
Facility Closings and Restructuring [Member] | Closures [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Rationalization charges																	1,042		568		1,684
Facility Closings and Restructuring [Member] | Plastic Containers [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Rationalization charges																	1,476		$ 6,437		$ 12,682
Facility Closings and Restructuring [Member] | Corporate Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Rationalization charges																	$ 0

[1] The first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2017 include rationalization charges of $0.9 million, $3.0 million, $0.6 million and $1.3 million, respectively. The first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2017 includes costs attributed to announced acquisitions of $13.2 million, $9.8 million, $0.8 million and $0.9 million, respectively. The first and second quarters of 2017 include a loss on early extinguishment of debt of $2.7 million and $4.4 million, respectively. The fourth quarter of 2017 includes the benefit from effective tax rate adjustments totaling $110.9 million primarily related to the remeasurement of net deferred tax liabilities to reflect the lower future cash tax obligations as a result of the reduction in the federal corporate tax rate under the 2017 Tax Act.

[2] The first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2016 include rationalization charges of $1.1 million, $5.0 million, $7.8 million and $5.1 million, respectively. The fourth quarter of 2016 includes costs attributed to announced acquisitions of $1.4 million.

[3] Corporate includes costs attributed to announced acquisitions of $24.7 million and $1.4 million in 2017 and 2016, respectively.