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Acquisitions and divestitures - Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands									1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 19, 2021 USD ($) manufacturing_plant	Nov. 08, 2021 USD ($) facility	Aug. 03, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 08, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 03, 2020 USD ($) facility	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) facility	Aug. 09, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) acquisition	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) facility	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) acquisition	Jan. 10, 2020 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid for acquisition										$ 22,209	$ 49,261	$ 298,380
Measurement period adjustments										1,512
Acquisition-related costs										17,722	$ 4,671	$ 8,842
Consumer Packaging
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Measurement period adjustments										$ 1,512
Ball Metalpack
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost of entity		$ 1,350,000
Joint venture, ownership (percent)		51.00%
Number of facilities acquired | manufacturing_plant		8
Ball Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Joint venture, ownership (percent)		49.00%
2021 Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions										4	2
Cash paid for acquisition										$ 20,697
American Recycling
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid for acquisition	$ 6,267
Business combination, recognized identifiable assets acquired, goodwill, and liabilities assumed, net	$ 6,267
D&W
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of facilities acquired | facility			2
Cash paid for acquisition			$ 12,787
Business combination, recognized identifiable assets acquired, goodwill, and liabilities assumed, net			$ 12,787										$ 3,973
Allied Packaging Pty Ltd
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost of entity				$ 802
TuboTec
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition cost of entity					$ 841
2020 Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions | facility											2
Cash paid for acquisition											$ 49,446
Can Packaging
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of facilities acquired | facility						2
Cash paid for acquisition						$ 45,473
Payments for Previous Acquisition										1,512
2019 Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of acquisitions | acquisition												2
Cash paid for acquisition												$ 297,926
Thermoform Engineered Quality, LLC and Plastique Holdings, LTD
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of facilities acquired | facility							3
Cash paid for acquisition							$ 187,292
Cash receipts from the sellers									$ 185
Expected value of goodwill to be tax deductible										59,005
Corenso Holdings America, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash paid for acquisition								$ 110,634
Expected value of goodwill to be tax deductible										$ 0

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