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Goodwill and Identifiable Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of steps for goodwill impairment test |  |  | Two |  |  |
Goodwill impairment loss |  | $ 1,100,000,000 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss | $ 0 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss |  |  |
Pre-tax impairment charge of indefinite lived intangible assets |  | 189,000,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill |  |  |  |
Reduction of pre-tax goodwill impairment charge | 326,000,000 see_ReversalOfIntangibleImpairmentCharges |  |  |  |  |
Carrying value of remaining goodwill |  |  | 3,005,500,000 us-gaap_Goodwill |  | 3,114,600,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | [1]
Customer relationships [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax impairment charge of finite lived intangible assets |  |  |  | 149,000,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember |  |
Food Care [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Carrying value of remaining goodwill |  |  | 611,700,000 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_FoodCareMember |  | 625,700,000 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_FoodCareMember |
Diversey Care [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill impairment loss | 0 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember |  |  | 97,000,000 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember |  |
Fair value of reporting unit |  |  |  | 12.00%see_PercentageOfFairValueOfReportingUnitLessThanCarryingAmount / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember |  |
Carrying value of remaining goodwill | 1,143,100,000 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember |  | 1,017,800,000 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember | 1,143,100,000 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember | 1,111,100,000 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember |
Food & Beverage - Hygiene Solutions [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill impairment loss |  |  |  | 174,000,000 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_FoodAndBeverageHygieneSolutionsMember |  |
Trademarks and trade names [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax impairment charge of indefinite lived intangible assets |  | 189,000,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember |  | 441,000,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember |  |
Indefinite-lived intangible Assets (excluding goodwill) |  |  | 251,000,000 us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember |  |  |
Trademarks and trade names [Member] | Food Care [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax impairment charge of indefinite lived intangible assets |  |  |  | 140,000,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_FoodCareMember |  |
Trademarks and trade names [Member] | Diversey Care [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pre-tax impairment charge of indefinite lived intangible assets |  |  |  | $ 301,000,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_TrademarksAndTradeNamesMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember |  |
[1] | Certain amounts have been revised to reflect the retrospective application of the Company’s change in inventory costing method for certain U.S. inventories to the FIFO method from the LIFO method. Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Inventories,” of the notes to consolidated financial statements for further details surrounding this accounting policy change.

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