Business Consolidation and Other Activities (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Business consolidation and other activities
Business consolidation and other activities	$ (79,000,000)	$ (152,000,000)	$ (319,000,000)	$ (138,000,000)
Beverage packaging, North And Central America
Business consolidation and other activities
Charges for insignificant items	1,000,000		5,000,000	1,000,000
Beverage packaging, North And Central America | Rexam
Business consolidation and other activities
Professional Services And Other Costs	2,000,000		3,000,000
Beverage packaging, North And Central America | Bristol Virginia Plant
Business consolidation and other activities
Business reorganization activities	3,000,000		4,000,000
Charges for insignificant items		1,000,000
Charges related to facilities closure		20,000,000
Charges related to severance, pension and other employee benefits		19,000,000
Beverage packaging, South America
Business consolidation and other activities
Charges for insignificant items	4,000,000		4,000,000
Beverage packaging, South America | Rexam
Business consolidation and other activities
Professional Services And Other Costs	2,000,000		11,000,000
Beverage packaging, Europe
Business consolidation and other activities
Charges for insignificant items	10,000,000	2,000,000	12,000,000	4,000,000
Charges incurred in connection with write down of fixed assets held for sale				5,000,000
Beverage packaging, Europe | Rexam
Business consolidation and other activities
Professional Services And Other Costs			7,000,000
Food and aerosol packaging
Business consolidation and other activities
Charges for insignificant items	1,000,000		7,000,000
Food and aerosol packaging | Weirton West Virginia Plant
Business consolidation and other activities
Charges related to facilities closure	3,000,000		14,000,000
Other
Business consolidation and other activities
Business consolidation and other activities	(53,000,000)	(130,000,000)	(252,000,000)	(108,000,000)
Charges for insignificant items	4,000,000	1,000,000	11,000,000	3,000,000
Other | Rexam
Business consolidation and other activities
Professional Services And Other Costs	33,000,000	129,000,000	289,000,000	105,000,000
Foreign currency translation losses	22,000,000
Compensation arrangement expense	22,000,000		106,000,000
Payroll taxes paid not accrued at change of control			13,000,000
Operating Segments | Beverage packaging, North And Central America
Business consolidation and other activities
Business consolidation and other activities	(6,000,000)	(20,000,000)	(12,000,000)	(21,000,000)
Operating Segments | Beverage packaging, South America
Business consolidation and other activities
Business consolidation and other activities	(6,000,000)		(15,000,000)
Operating Segments | Beverage packaging, Europe
Business consolidation and other activities
Business consolidation and other activities	(10,000,000)	$ (2,000,000)	(19,000,000)	(9,000,000)
Operating Segments | Food and aerosol packaging
Business consolidation and other activities
Business consolidation and other activities	(4,000,000)		(21,000,000)	(1,000,000)
Operating Segments | Aerospace
Business consolidation and other activities
Business consolidation and other activities				$ 1,000,000
Divestment Business | Other | Rexam | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Business consolidation and other activities
Foreign currency translation losses			174,000,000
Divestment Business | Other | Ball Corporation
Business consolidation and other activities
Gain (loss) on dispositions			$ 328,000,000
Divestment Business | Other | Ball Corporation | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Business consolidation and other activities
Adjustment to gain on sale of Divestment Business	$ (3,000,000)