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Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Valuation And Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves | SEALED AIR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012
|  | Balance |  |  | Charged |  |  |  |  |  |  | Foreign |  |  |  |  |
|  | at |  |  | to |  |  |  |  |  |  | Currency |  |  |  |  |
|  | Beginning |  |  | Costs and |  |  |  |  |  |  | Translation |  |  | Balance at |
Description |  | of Year |  |  | Expenses |  |  | Deductions |  |  | and Other |  |  | End of Year |
(in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended December 31, 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 31.4 |  |  | $ | 8.0 |  |  | $ | (7.2 | ) | (1) | $ | (3.4 | ) |  | $ | 28.8 |
Inventory obsolescence reserve |  | $ | 24.9 |  |  | $ | 9.2 |  |  | $ | (1.6 | ) | (2) | $ | (2.9 | ) |  | $ | 29.6 |
Year ended December 31, 2013: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 25.6 |  |  | $ | 11.6 |  |  | $ | (5.4 | ) | (1) | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | 31.4 |
Inventory obsolescence reserve |  | $ | 27.5 |  |  | $ | (0.3 | ) |  | $ | (1.5 | ) | (2) | $ | (0.8 | ) |  | $ | 24.9 |
Year ended December 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 15.9 |  |  | $ | 14.3 |  |  | $ | (7.8 | ) | (1) | $ | 3.2 |  |  | $ | 25.6 |
Inventory obsolescence reserve |  | $ | 23.3 |  |  | $ | 13.9 |  |  | $ | (14.1 | ) | (2) | $ | 4.4 |  |  | $ | 27.5 |
(1) | Primarily accounts receivable balances written off, net of recoveries.
(2) | Primarily items removed from inventory.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 + Details
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