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	Nov. 15, 2022 USD ($)	Nov. 09, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2022 USD ($) acquisition	Jan. 26, 2022 USD ($) manufacturing_plant	Dec. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 19, 2021	Nov. 08, 2021 USD ($) facility	Aug. 03, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 08, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 03, 2020 USD ($) facility	Nov. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2022 USD ($)	Jul. 03, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) employee facility manufacturing_plant	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 acquisition	Dec. 31, 2021 facility	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) facility	Sep. 28, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 10, 2020 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid for acquisition														$ 1,427,020	$ 22,209			$ 49,261
Acquisition-related costs														$ 70,210	17,722			$ 4,671
Industrial Paper Packaging
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of small tube and core plants \| manufacturing_plant														2
Skjern
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total consideration	$ 88,647
Total cash consideration.																			$ 88,647
Nordeste
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total consideration			$ 6,518
Number of acquisitions \| acquisition			2
Acquisition cost of entity			$ 3,933								$ 671
Contingent purchase liability			$ 1,914
Metalpack Packaging
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid for acquisition				$ 1,348,589
Proceeds from previous acquisition												$ (14,820)
Post-closing adjustment, other receivables													$ (43)
Goodwill expected tax deductible percentage				81.00%
Acquisition-related costs														$ 28,171
Fair value adjustment to acquisition date inventory														33,155
Number of facilities acquired \| manufacturing_plant				8
Total cash consideration.				$ 1,341,665										$ 1,333,769
Metalpack Packaging \| Other Receivables
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Post-closing adjustment, other receivables												$ 6,924
Ball Metalpack
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Joint venture, ownership (percent)						51.00%
Ball Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Joint venture, ownership (percent)						49.00%
2021 Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions																4	2
Cash paid for acquisition															20,697
American Recycling
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid for acquisition					$ 6,267
Design Containers, Inc. ("Jacksonville")
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid for acquisition							$ 12,787
Number of facilities acquired \| facility							2
Total cash consideration.																				$ 3,973
Allied Packaging Pty Ltd
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost of entity								$ 802
TuboTec
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost of entity									$ 841
2020 Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions \| facility																		2
Cash paid for acquisition																		$ 49,446
Can Packaging
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid for acquisition										$ 45,473
Number of facilities acquired \| facility										2
Payments for previous acquisition															$ 1,512
RTS Packaging, LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total consideration		$ 330,000
Interest held in acquiree before subsequent acquisition (percent)														35.00%
Percentage of controlling asset acquired (percent)		65.00%												65.00%
Number of employees \| employee														1,100
RTS Packaging, LLC \| Converting operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of converting operations \| facility														14
RTS Packaging, LLC \| United States \| Converting operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of converting operations \| facility														10
RTS Packaging, LLC \| United States \| Paper Mill
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of converting operations \| facility														1
RTS Packaging, LLC \| Mexico \| Converting operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of converting operations \| facility														2
RTS Packaging, LLC \| South America \| Converting operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of converting operations \| facility														2