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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
	Mar. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value	$ 4,089.6us-gaap_GoodwillGross	[1]
Acquisition	15.8us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
Dispositions	(0.8)us-gaap_GoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnit
Currency translation	(59.0)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
Gross Carrying Value	4,045.6us-gaap_GoodwillGross
Accumulated impairment	(1,091.0)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss
Carrying Value	2,954.6us-gaap_Goodwill	[1]	2,998.6us-gaap_Goodwill
Operating Segments [Member] | Food Care [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value	812.8us-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	807.0us-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	599.0us-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	1,900.8us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_DiverseyCareMember	[1]
Acquisition	15.8us-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	1,867.0us-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	984.0us-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	1,371.2us-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	1,370.1us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_ProductCareMember
Carrying Value	1,370.1us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = see_ProductCareMember	[1]
Other [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value	4.8us-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	1.5us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Carrying Value	$ 1.5us-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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