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Schedule II - Consolidated Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2017
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - 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, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 16.8 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | (3.7 | ) |  | $ | (1.5 | ) |  | $ | 11.8 |
Environmental reserves | $ | 24.7 |  |  | $ | 1.7 |  |  | $ | (16.8 | ) |  | $ | (1.4 | ) |  | $ | 8.2 |
Year ended October 31, 2016: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 11.8 |  |  | $ | 1.7 |  |  | $ | (4.2 | ) |  | $ | (0.5 | ) |  | $ | 8.8 |
Environmental reserves | $ | 8.2 |  |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  | $ | (2.5 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6.8 |
Year ended October 31, 2017: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 8.8 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | 8.9 |
Environmental reserves | $ | 6.8 |  |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  | $ | (1.1 | ) |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 7.1 |

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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 FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122369 + Details
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