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Goodwill and Identifiable Intangible Assets - Summary of Goodwill Balances by Segment Reporting Structure (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |
Gross Carrying Value | $ 4,089.6 us-gaap_GoodwillGross | [1] |
Acquisition | 15.8 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod |  |
Dispositions | (0.8)us-gaap_GoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnit |  |
Currency translation | (59.0)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 4,045.6 us-gaap_GoodwillGross |  |
Accumulated impairment | (1,091.0)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss |  |
Carrying Value | 2,954.6 us-gaap_Goodwill | [1] | 2,998.6 us-gaap_Goodwill
Operating Segments [Member] | Food Care [Member] |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 812.8 us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_FoodCareMember | [1] |
Currency translation | (5.8)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_FoodCareMember |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 807.0 us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_FoodCareMember |  |
Accumulated impairment | (208.0)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_FoodCareMember |  |
Carrying Value | 599.0 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_FoodCareMember | [1] |
Operating Segments [Member] | Diversey Care [Member] |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 1,900.8 us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember | [1] |
Acquisition | 15.8 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember |  |
Currency translation | (49.6)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 1,867.0 us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember |  |
Accumulated impairment | (883.0)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember |  |
Carrying Value | 984.0 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember | [1] |
Operating Segments [Member] | Product Care [Member] |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 1,371.2 us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_ProductCareMember | [1] |
Dispositions | (0.8)us-gaap_GoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnit / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_ProductCareMember |  |
Currency translation | (0.3)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_ProductCareMember |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 1,370.1 us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_ProductCareMember |  |
Carrying Value | 1,370.1 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_ProductCareMember | [1] |
Other [Member] |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 4.8 us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember | [1] |
Currency translation | (3.3)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember |  |
Gross Carrying Value | 1.5 us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember |  |
Carrying Value | $ 1.5 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember | [1] |
[1] | Excludes North American foam trays and absorbent pads business goodwill. Refer to Note 3, “Divestiture” of the notes to condensed consolidated financial statements for further details.

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