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Restructuring Costs (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Project Renewal [Member] |
Summary Of Restructuring Costs | The following table depicts the restructuring costs incurred in connection with Project Renewal for the periods indicated (in millions):
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |  | Since Inception Through
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | September 30, 2016
Facility and other exit costs, including impairments | $ | (0.1 | ) |  | $ | 5.5 |  |  | $ | 1.5 |  |  | $ | 5.2 |  |  | $ | 28.9 |
Employee severance, termination benefits and relocation costs | 1.4 |  |  | 11.8 |  |  | (4.0 | ) |  | 40.0 |  |  | 214.5 |
Exited contractual commitments and other | (1.5 | ) |  | 2.5 |  |  | 15.5 |  |  | 13.4 |  |  | 79.4 |
| $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | 19.8 |  |  | $ | 13.0 |  |  | $ | 58.6 |  |  | $ | 322.8 |
Schedule of Changes In Accrued Restructuring Reserves | The following table depicts the activity in accrued restructuring reserves for Project Renewal for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 (in millions):
| December 31, 2015 |  | Restructuring |  |  |  | September 30, 2016
| Balance |  | Costs |  | Costs Incurred |  | Balance
Facility and other exit costs, including impairments | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1.5 |  |  | $ | (1.5 | ) |  | $ | — |
Employee severance, termination benefits and relocation costs | 49.3 |  |  | (4.0 | ) |  | (21.5 | ) |  | 23.8 |
Exited contractual commitments and other | 17.3 |  |  | 15.5 |  |  | (12.4 | ) |  | 20.4 |
| $ | 66.6 |  |  | $ | 13.0 |  |  | $ | (35.4 | ) |  | $ | 44.2 |
Jarden Integration [Member] |
Schedule of Changes In Accrued Restructuring Reserves | The following table depicts the activity in accrued restructuring reserves for the Jarden Integration for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 (in millions):
| December 31, 2015 |  | Restructuring |  |  |  | September 30, 2016
| Balance |  | Costs |  | Costs Incurred |  | Balance
Facility and other exit costs, including impairments | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Employee severance, termination benefits and relocation costs | — |  |  | 20.6 |  |  | (11.6 | ) |  | 9.0 |
Exited contractual commitments and other | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
| $ | — |  |  | $ | 20.6 |  |  | $ | (11.6 | ) |  | $ | 9.0 |
Reportable Business Segment [Member] |
Schedule of Restructuring Charges by Segment [Table Text Block] | The table below shows restructuring costs recognized for all restructuring activities in continuing operations for the periods indicated, aggregated by reportable business segment (in millions):
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
Segment | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Writing | $ | 1.1 |  |  | $ | 6.8 |  |  | $ | 12.1 |  |  | $ | 10.4 |
Home Solutions | (0.5 | ) |  | (0.6 | ) |  | (1.9 | ) |  | 4.5 |
Tools | 0.4 |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 2.9 |
Commercial Products | — |  |  | 0.8 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.9 |
Baby & Parenting | (1.8 | ) |  | 1.3 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 3.4 |
Branded Consumables | 2.8 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.8 |  |  | — |
Consumer Solutions | 1.0 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | — |
Outdoor Solutions | 3.4 |  |  | — |  |  | 3.8 |  |  | — |
Process Solutions | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Corporate | 6.6 |  |  | 10.6 |  |  | 20.1 |  |  | 38.5 |
| $ | 13.0 |  |  | $ | 21.0 |  |  | $ | 41.7 |  |  | $ | 61.6 |

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