Chapter 11 Information (Details)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) claim entity committees	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Feb. 03, 2014 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2005	Dec. 31, 2013 Personal Injury Litigation [Member] USD ($) claim	Dec. 31, 2013 Personal Injury Trust [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Personal Damage Trust [Member] USD ($) payment	Dec. 31, 2013 Personal Injury and Personal Damage Trusts [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Sealed Air Corporation [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Cryovac, Inc. (Cryovac) USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. Personal Injury Trust [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. Personal Damage Trust [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Canada CAD	Dec. 31, 2013 UNITED STATES Personal Damage Trust [Member]	Oct. 31, 2008 UNITED STATES Zonolite Attic Insulation [Member] Property Damage Litigation [Member] claim	Dec. 31, 2013 UNITED STATES Zonolite Attic Insulation [Member] Property Damage Litigation [Member] claim
Chapter 11 information
Bankruptcy Proceedings, Number of Entities Included in Bankruptcy Filing		61
Number of Asbestos Trusts Joint Plan		2
Liabilities Subject to Compromise, Asbestos Obligations		$ 2,092,400,000	$ 2,065,000,000
Adjustment for Asbestos Related Liability Increase		27,400,000
Deferred Payments, Each Year for Five Years									110,000,000
Five Year Period in Which PI Trust Deferred Payments Will be Made		5 years
Deferred Payments, Each Year for Ten Years									100,000,000
Ten Year Period in Which PI Trust Deferred Payments Will be Made		10 years
Loss Contingency, Pending Claims, Number								129,191
Grace Cash Used to Fund PI Trust								557,700,000
Portion of PI Trust Funding from Grace Cash								464,100,000
Portion of PI Trust Funding from Grace Insurance Proceeds in Escrow								93,600,000
Asbestos related settlement in cash														115,000,000	42.1
ZAI initial payment																30,000,000
Interest rate on pre-petition bank credit facilities		3.25%	3.25%			5.00%	6.09%
Compound interest rate on unsecured claims (as a percent)		4.19%
Post-petition interest sought by general unsecured creditors		210,000,000
Default interest settlement on prepetition debt		129,000,000	0	0
Number of claims filed																			17,960
Number of Trust Accounts										2
Bankruptcy Claims, Number Additional Claims Filed																				1,310
Cash-collateralized letter of credit facility		100,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding					400,000,000
Letters of Credit Sublimit in Revolving Credit Facility					150,000,000
Estimated fair value available under the settlement		1,653,000,000
Asbestos related settlement in cash and stock												0	1,538,000,000
Number of Common Stock Shares Held in Trust												18,000,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding								10,000,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights								17.00
Deferred Payment Obligation Per Year for Five Years								110,000,000
Deferred Payment Obligation Per Year for Ten Years								100,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued		10,440									77,372,257
Estimated Deferred Payment Obligation		567,000,000
Recorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation Due in Third Year																27,500,000
Warrants Issued to Fund Trust									10,000,000
Common Stock Purchase Price Under Warrant Agreement									$ 17.00
Fair Value of Warrant Issued									490,000,000
Insurance Settlement for Payment of PI Trust		396,100,000
Asbestos-related insurance		500,000,000	500,000,000
Period of Warrant Settlement after Effective Date of Joint Plan		1 year
Number of Shares Issuable under Warrant		10,000,000
Exercise Price of Warrant		170,000,000
Common Stock Closing Price under Condition 1		$ 54.50
Warrant Repurchase Price under Condition 1		375,000,000
Common Stock Closing Price under Condition 2		$ 66.00
Warrant Repurchase Price under Condition 2		490,000,000
Duration After Effective Date in Which Claims Payments Were Made		0 years 0 months 10 days
Payments of Other Allowed Pre-petition and Other Claims	1,361,600,000
Payment of Pre-Petition Credit Facilities	1,103,500,000
Bankruptcy Claims, Non Asbestos Related Filed by Employees, Number		62
Bankruptcy Claims, Non Asbestos Related Filed by Non Employees, Number		70
Bankruptcy Proceedings, Number of Committees		4
Proceeds from Joint Plan Funds										39,900,000						111,400,000
ZAI Property Damage Claims Fund																	8,600,000
ZAI PD Account Funding																34,400,000
ZAI P D Account, Payment on Third Anniversary of Effective Date of Joint Plan																30,000,000
ZAI P D Account, Maximum Number of Contingent Deferred Payments										10
ZAI P D Account, Deferred Payments, Each Year for Twenty Years										8,000,000
Period in Which ZAI PD Contingent Deferred Payments Will be Made		20 years
Minimum ZAI P D Account Assets for Condition in Relation to Contingent Obligation Payments									10,000,000
ZAI Property Damage, Qualified Claimed Amount, Percentage																		55.00%
Maximum Resolved Amount, Per Claim										$ 7,500