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ASSETS AND LIABILITIES HELD FOR SALE AND DISPOSALS OF PROPERTIES, PLANTS AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2018 USD ($) asset_group	Jul. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2018 USD ($) asset_group	Jul. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2017 asset_group
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 1.4	$ 1.1	$ 7.5	$ 3.9
Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of assets groups with assets and liabilities held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	2		2		2
Gain (loss) on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 0.7		$ 5.2	0.8
Paper Packaging & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Number of assets groups with assets and liabilities held for sale (asset group) | asset_group	1		1
Gain (loss) on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net		(0.2)		(0.1)
Land Management
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net	$ 0.7	0.6	$ 2.3	2.4
Flexible Products & Services
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on disposal of properties, plants and equipment, net		$ 0.7		$ 0.8

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment assets, including oil and gas property and timber property.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
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