Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Disposals of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($) asset_group	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($) asset_group	Oct. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net | $	$ 6.8	$ (1.9)	$ 13.9	$ 5.6	$ 0.4
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	3		3
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net | $				3.3
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services | Assets Held for Sale
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of asset groups with assets held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	1		1
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net | $			$ 7.5
Paper Packaging & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of asset groups with assets held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	3		3
Paper Packaging & 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)
Land Management
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of asset groups with assets held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	1		1
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net | $			$ 2.2	$ 2.3
Flexible Products & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of asset groups with assets held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	3		3
Gain (loss) on disposals of properties, plants and equipment, net | $			$ 5.1
Corporate and Other
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of asset groups with assets held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	1		1