Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Disposals of Properties, Plants and Equipment, Net - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($) asset_group	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 asset_group
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 1.0	$ 0.9
Other Net Gains
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net		0.1
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of assets groups with assets and liabilities held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	2		1
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 0.6
Flexible Products & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of assets groups with assets and liabilities held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	1		1
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net		0.2
Land Management
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 0.4	$ 0.6