2.4.0.81010 - Disclosure - Description of the Businesstruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0000105076duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1wpp_DescriptionOfTheBusinessDisclosureAbstractwpp_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Description of the Business2false 2us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"> Note 1.                                 Description of the Business   Wausau Paper Corp. manufactures, converts, and sells a complete line of towel and tissue products that are marketed along with soap and dispensing systems for the industrial and commercial “away-from-home” market. Our products are primarily sold within the United States and Canada.   Wausau Paper Corp. manufactured, converted, and sold specialty paper products for industrial and commercial end markets and premium printing and writing papers within the former Paper segment. The premium Print & Color brands were sold in January of 2012 and the Brokaw, Wisconsin mill closed in February 2012. In January 2013, we announced our intent to focus our management efforts and future investments on the Tissue segment. In March 2013, we permanently closed our Brainerd, Minnesota mill and completed the sale of our specialty paper business on June 26, 2013, ending our participation in the markets in which our former Paper segment previously competed.  See Note 4 for further information regarding discontinued operations.   </div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings).Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6003-108592 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Statement of Position (SOP) -Number 94-6 -Paragraph 10 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. false0Description of the BusinessfalseDescription of the BusinessUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.wausaupaper.com/role/DisclosureDescriptionOfTheBusiness12