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Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves | SCHEDULE II GREIF, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves (Dollars in millions)
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  |  | Deductions |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Year ended October 31, 2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 12.5 |  |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | (0.1 | ) |  | $ | 13.3 |
Environmental reserves |  | $ | 33.4 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |  |  | $ | (1.5 | ) |  | $ | (6.1 | ) |  | $ | 26.2 |
Year ended October 31, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 13.3 |  |  | $ | 1.0 |  |  | $ | (0.5 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 13.8 |
Environmental reserves |  | $ | 26.2 |  |  | $ | 4.5 |  |  | $ | (1.3 | ) |  | $ | (0.1 | ) |  | $ | 29.3 |
Year ended October 31, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 13.8 |  |  | $ | 3.6 |  |  | $ | (0.3 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 17.1 |
Environmental reserves |  | $ | 29.3 |  |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  | $ | (2.4 | ) |  | $ | (0.7 | ) |  | $ | 27.5 |

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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 SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: 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=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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