Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Disposals of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($) asset_group	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($) asset_group	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ (1.9)	$ (3.5)	$ 5.6	$ 0.4	$ 10.3
Other Miscellaneous Losses
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net					0.8
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of asset groups with assets held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	2		2
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services | Held For Sale Asset Group Reclassified To Held And Used
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net				(2.7)
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services | Assets Held for Sale
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net			$ 3.3	(0.2)	6.4
Flexible Products & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of asset groups with assets held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	1		1
Flexible Products & Services | Assets Held for Sale
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net				0.9	1.3
Land Management
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net			$ 2.3	2.5	1.6
Paper Packaging And Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of asset groups with assets held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	1		1
Paper Packaging And Services | Assets Held for Sale
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net				$ (0.1)	$ 0.2